First runway in the new IStanbul airport is ready

The new airport in Istanbul, the opening of which is scheduled for late October 2018, completed the construction of the first runway. Its length is 3750 m, width - 60 m, according to the airport operator - IGA (Istanbul Grand Airport) .

Immediately after the opening, the new Istanbul airport will have three runways, but as traffic increases, the number is expected to increase to six. The initial capacity of the air harbor will be 90 million pass. with the possibility of building it up to 200 million people. by 2030 in the framework of the following stages of construction. Earlier it was reported that the new facility should be fully operational in 2028.

Today, the first stage of the construction of the airport is completed by 80%. For example, a luggage system was recently installed.

With the opening of a new air harbor, Istanbul will close for commercial air transportation one of the two airports - Ataturk. In 2017, its services were used by 63.7 million people, which is almost 2 times more than the result of 2010. In Istanbul, there is still another airport - the name of Sabiha Gokcen. In 2017, his services were used by 31.3 million pass. (+ 6% in comparison with the indicator of 2016) .

Information from : ato.ru

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