Airports / Turkey / ISL
İstanbul Atatürk Airport
LTBA / ISLIstanbul(Bakırköy), TurkeyELEV 163 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
İstanbul Samandıra Army Air Base (LTBX) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
İstanbul Atatürk Airport, listed as LTBA / ISL, is a large commercial airport in Istanbul(Bakırköy), Turkey. Field elevation is 163 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list ISL as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are İstanbul Samandıra Army Air Base (LTBX, 18 nm), İstanbul Airport (IST, 19 nm), and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW, 22 nm).
Trip costs from ISL are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as Ataturk and Yeşilköy. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from ISL to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
LTBA
IATA
ISL
FAA / Local
LTBA
Elevation
163 ft
Coordinates
40.9719° N · 28.8237° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Turkey fields
state range 11–6,400 ft
At 163 ft, ISL sits lower than 78% of the 64 Turkey fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 18nmLTBXİstanbul Samandıra Army Air BaseÜmraniye, Istanbul
- 19nmISTİstanbul AirportIstanbul
- 22nmSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportPendik, Istanbul
- 42nmTEQTekirdağ Çorlu AirportÇorlu
- 55nmYEIBursa Yenişehir AirportYenişehir
- 55nmBDMBandırma AirportBandırma
Location
Open the full mapLTBA · İstanbul Atatürk Airport · Istanbul(Bakırköy), Turkey