Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
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Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (IATA: SAW, ICAO: LTFJ) is an international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. Located 32 km (20 mi) southeast[1] of the city center, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the transcontinental city and serves as the operating base for AJet and Pegasus Airlines.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | HEAŞ (Airport Management & Aeronautical Industries Inc) | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Malaysia Airports | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Istanbul | ||||||||||||||
Location | Pendik, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 8 January 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-08) | ||||||||||||||
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Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 95 m / 312 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°53′54″N 29°18′33″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world.[3] Although Istanbul Airport, located 63 km (39 mi) west of the European side of Istanbul, is larger, Sabiha Gökçen is still one of the largest airports in the country one of the busiest airports in the Middle East.