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Istanbul's
Atatürk International Airport
(IST) at Yeşilyurt, 23
km (14 miles) west of Sultanahmet
Square (map),
is the busiest of Turkey's
major airports.
It's the place most visitors land
first. (Here's visa
info. Here's info
on transport to/from the airport.)
The modern International Terminal Dış
Hatlar Terminalı) is spacious
and efficient, with all the expected
services including ATMs (cash
machines) from which you can obtain Turkish
Liras, currency
exchange offices,
restaurants, cafes and shops, a post
office (PTT), Tourist Information
Office, Emanet (Baggage
Check, Left Luggage) and an Airport
Hotel.
For the Emanet,
the post office, Tourist Information
Office and a Starbucks with a few outlets
to recharge your electrics, turn right after
exiting the Customs area and walk to
the far end of the terminal.
Note that prices for food
and drink at Turkish airports
tend to be high. My
quick informal survey showed them
to be 40% higher than at expensive
Frankfurt Airport, and twice
as high as at pricey Paris-Charles
de Gaulle Airport.
Here's
information on Atatürk Airport Lost
and Found, if you've lost
or forgotten something in the airport or on an airplane.
You can walk between the International
Terminal (Dış Hatlar Terminalı) and
the Domestic
Terminal (İç Hatlar
Terminalı) via walkways
on the upper (Departures) level, and
the subterranean (Metro) level. The Metro,
called the Hafif Metro ("Light
rail system") on many airport
terminal signs, is here as well.
(At
this writing [April 2011], you cannot
buy an Istanbulkart or Akbil transit
pass at the airport. You must buy jetons from
a Jetonmatik machine to ride. More...)
There are several
ways to travel between
Atatürk Airport and the city center.
Here
they are.
A half-dozen hotels are
within a few km of the airport, and
one is right within the International
terminal itself. More...
Istanbul's other airport is Sabiha
Gökçen International
Airport (SAW) on the
Asian side of the Bosphorus,
about 55 km (34 miles) east of
Atatürk
International Airport (IST). Here's how
to travel from Atatürk Airport
to Sabiha Gökçen Airport.
Airport-City Ground Transport
Left Luggage/Baggage Check
Airport
Lost and Found
Airport
Hotels
Havas Airport Buses
Sabiha
Gökçen Int'l Airport
(SAW)
Transport
to Sabiha Gökçen Airport
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