Airport gate intelligence · IST
How many gates does Istanbul Airport (IST) have?
Istanbul Airport (IST) has 115 gates, with about 656 airline departures a day. Turkish Airlines has 83 gates.
Turkish Airlines flies 90% of the 47,140 seats leaving IST each day. 29 gates are common use, shared by several airlines.
Gates, seats and flights by airline at IST
| Airline | Gates held | Departures a day | Seats out a day | Share of seats | Seats per departure | Regional jets | Median turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Airlines | 83 | 533 | 42,251 | 90% | 173 | 0% | 114 min |
| Emirates | – | 3 | 1,155 | 2% | 385 | 0% | 96 min |
| Lufthansa | – | 4 | 520 | 1% | 195 | 0% | 70 min |
| U6 | – | 1 | 0 | 0% | – | 0% | – |
| Common use (shared) | 29 | ||||||
Average of 3 full days, Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2026. Gates held = the airline flying the gate most (regional partners count as their brand); 3 gates have too few flights yet. Seats are capacity, from each airline’s seat map per aircraft type; 60% of flights have no seat count yet.
On-time departures by airline at IST
87% of departures left the gate on time (less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time). Airlines with 10+ departures a day.
| Airline | Departures a day | On time | 15+ min late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Airlines | 533 | 91% | 9% |
On time = left the gate less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Average of 3 full days.
What size aircraft IST’s gates handle
Gates by the largest aircraft seen there at least twice. A gate that takes a wide-body also takes anything smaller.
Airlines at IST: terminals, gates and nonstop routes
Other airlines
Regular flights, but no IST gate listed in the flight data, so not on the map: TAROM (12 flights to Bucharest); GO (6 flights to Beirut and Brussels); U6 (5 flights to Yekaterinburg).
Seen on only one of the full days collected (charters and occasional flights): MB (25 flights); B9 (11 flights); Tunisair (5 flights to Tunis); IS (5 flights); Iraqi Airways (5 flights); Wizz Air Malta (4 flights to Debrecen and Iasi); Kam Air (4 flights to Kabul); ANA (3 flights to Tokyo Haneda); IF (2 flights to Baghdad); Oman Air (2 flights to Muscat); Corendon (2 flights to Athens); MIAT (2 flights to Sergelen sum); HiSky Europe (2 flights to RMO); KM Malta Airlines (2 flights to Malta); UR Airlines (2 flights to Baghdad); Somon Air (2 flights to Dushanbe); Air Arabia Maroc (2 flights to Rabat); Ariana (1 flight); Mahan Air (1 flight); Freebird (1 flight).
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How many gates does Istanbul Airport (IST) have?
Istanbul Airport (IST) has 115 gates, with about 656 airline departures a day. Turkish Airlines has 83 gates.
Which airline has the most gates at Istanbul Airport (IST)?
Turkish Airlines, with 83 of the 115 gates at IST (the airline flying each gate most; regional partners count as their brand).
How many flights a day leave Istanbul Airport (IST)?
About 656 airline departures a day (Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2026).
Which terminal is Turkish Airlines in at IST?
Turkish Airlines flies from Concourses F, G, B, D, A, E and C at Istanbul Airport (IST).
Which gates at Istanbul Airport (IST) are bus gates?
31 gates at IST are bus gates: A1A, A1B, A1C, A1D, A1E, A1F, A1G, A1H, A1J, A1K, A4A, A4B, A4C, A4D, A4E, A4F, G1A, G1B, G1C, G1D, G1E, G1F, G1G, G1H, G3A, G3B, G3D, G3E, G3G, G3H, G3J. A bus gate has no jet bridge: passengers board a bus at the gate, and it drives them out to the plane parked on the ramp. About 99 departures a day (15% of all departures at IST) board this way (Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2026).
How many gates does Turkish Airlines have at IST?
83 gates, with about 533 departures and 42,251 seats a day.
How many seats leave IST each day?
About 47,140 seats on 656 airline departures a day (average of 3 full days, Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2026).
What is the typical turn time at IST?
103 minutes at the gate from arrival to departure (median of every turn measured).
Which airline leaves IST on time most often?
Turkish Airlines: 91% of its departures left the gate less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time, against 87% for all airlines at IST (3 full days, Oct 7 to Oct 9, 2026).
How often do flights at IST go back to the gate after pushing back?
9 departures in 3 days probably went back to the gate before taking off (a mechanical problem, fuel, a passenger taken off).