Istanbul Airport is continuing its third runway preparations. An official application declaring the airport’s third independent runway to be ready for flight operations by 18 June 2020 has been filed with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
When complete, Istanbul Airport will become Turkey’s first and Europe’s second airport capable of operating three runways in parallel, after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Located to the east of the terminal, it will reduce the current domestic taxi times by approximately 50%. Simulations have shown that average landing time will decrease from 15 to 11 minutes, while average take-off time will decrease from 22 to 15 minutes....more