what is the airport code for istanbul turkey
Istanbul Atatürk Airport Planned as the largest airport in the world[9], Istanbul New Airport, a new third airport is under construction in order to meet Istanbul's growing domestic and international air traffic demand as a source, destination and transit point. A site in the European part on the coast of the Black Sea has been chosen[10][11][12][13] and construction started in May 2015.[14] The first phase of the new airport is projected to be completed on October 29, 2018, with first flights starting the following day. At opening, it will consist of two runways and the main terminal building, with an initial annual capacity of 90 million passengers. After its opening, Atatürk Airport will be closed to scheduled passenger air traffic.[15][16][17] Its IST IATA airport code will be inherited by Istanbul New Airport and Atatürk Airport will be assigned the code ISL once the transfer of scheduled passenger activities to the new airport is complete.[18]