The data for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (ISG) International Airport, Turkey's second largest airport, for 2024 has been announced. ISG, which is the “airport of the city” with its proximity to central points, stands out as an ideal transfer point in transportation with its air, land, sea, underground and aboveground rail system connections. The airport won the title of “the most used airport by domestic passengers” in 2024 thanks to the ease of transportation it offers to its guests.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, which celebrated its 24th anniversary recently, completed the year 2024 with a record number of 41 million 488 thousand 653 passengers. The total number of domestic passengers at ISG, which is the home base of Pegasus Airlines and AJet, one of the largest airline companies of our country, was 19 million 530 thousand 169 and the number of international passengers was 21 million 958 thousand 484 throughout the year. In 2024, the number of transfer passengers at the airport was 3 million 785 thousand 593 people.
In 2024, 110 thousand 695 domestic flights and 131 thousand 672 international flights were made at Sabiha Gökçen, while the total number of flights was calculated as 242 thousand 367.
ISG brought the distant closer by adding a total of 16 new destinations, 15 international and 1 domestic, to its connection network in 2024. In 2024, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport brought Istanbul, one of the most visited cities in the world, together with 141 destinations in 51 countries, including 38 domestic and 103 international routes.
The most preferred international routes in 2024 were Lefkoşa, London and Cologne on while the top three popular domestic destinations were Antalya, Izmir and Trabzon.