Airport guide
Terminals & maps
Three terminals under one operation: long-haul international, fast domestic turnarounds and a 24-hour cargo city.
Choose your terminal
Where your flight departs
Check your boarding pass for the terminal letter, then follow the gold wayfinding from the kerb.
International
Terminal 1
The long-haul gateway. Six concourses, 84 contact gates, 11 lounges and the airport's full duty-free promenade under a single 1.4 km arched roof.
- Gates
- A01 – C28
- Check-in
- Islands A–F, Level 3
- Amenities
- 142 shops, eateries and services
Lounges
- Bosphorus Lounge
- Anatolia First
- Skyteam Lounge
- Priority Pass Terrace
Dining
- Karaköy Lokantası Air
- Mandabatmaz Coffee
- Nusr-Et Steakhouse
- Simit Sarayı
- Wagamama
- Blue Mosque Brasserie
Retail
- Duty Free Istanbul
- Hermès
- Rolex
- Vakko
- Apple Reseller
- Grand Bazaar Market
Accessibility
- Step-free routing from kerb to gate
- Assistance call points every 60 m
- Sensory-quiet room, Level 2 near Gate A18
- Induction loops at all service desks
Connecting
Moving between terminals
The airside shuttle links Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 every four minutes, with a 20-minute minimum connection time. Landside, the free inter-terminal bus runs from Door 1 at each building around the clock.
- Airside shuttle: every 4 minutes, 04:00 – 02:00
- Landside bus: every 10 minutes, 24 hours
- Walking link T1 ⇄ T2: 11 minutes via the covered bridge
- Assistance buggies on request at every information desk
