Istanbul Ataturk Airport
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 143 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5092-8528-8
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Istanbul Ataturk Havaliman?) is the main international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey (followed by Sabiha Gokcen International Airport). Opened in 1924 and located in Yesilkoy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Ataturk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. With total passenger traffic of more than 37.3 millions for the year 2011, it was the 30th busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic and the 17th busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic, ranking just below Rome-Fiumicino Airport. It was Europe's 8th busiest airport in 2011, just below Munich and Rome. For the period of June 2011 to July 2012, IST's world rankings improved to 23th for total passenger traffic and 14th for...