İstanbul Airport

Istanbul, İstanbul Province (Turkey)

IATA: IST ICAO: LTFM

Longest Active Runway

13,451 ft

4,100 meters

Field Elevation

325 ft

99 m MSL

Runway Inventory

6 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

41.2749°, 28.7321°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank

#1 in Turkey

Out of 66 commercial aerodromes

Global Runway Rank

#72 Worldwide

Top 0.9% percentile

Elevation Ranking

#4008 MSL

Top 55.7% percentile

vs Large Airport Median

+34.5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: İstanbul Airport's longest active runway measures 13,451 ft (4,100 m). It ranks as the #1 longest runway in Turkey and #72 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
17R/35L	13,451 ft (4100m)	147 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
17L/35R	13,451 ft (4100m)	196 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
16R/34L	12,303 ft (3750m)	196 ft (60m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
16L/34R	12,303 ft (3750m)	147 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
18/36	10,039 ft (3060m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CON)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
09/27	9,250 ft (2819m)	148 ft (45m)	`Concrete (CONC)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (Pendik, Istanbul)	`SAW`	34.5 NM (63.9 km)	11,614 ft	✅ Lighted
Burgas Airport (Burgas)	`BOJ`	94.9 NM (175.8 km)	10,499 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database

Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01

Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock

Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle

Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/ist.json ↗