Sabiha Gökçen Airport, the second airport built in Istanbul, is located within the borders of Pendik district on the Asian side. Sabiha Gökçen Airport was named after Sabiha Gökçen, the adopted daughter of Atatürk, the world's and Turkey's first female fighter pilot. The construction of Sabiha Gökçen Airport, which started in February 1998, was completed in January 2001. In 2009, passenger capacity was increased by adding a new terminal building. The airport is 40 km from Taksim and 30 km from Kadıköy, 20 km from Gebze and 45 km from Yalova.
International and domestic flights are made in the same building at Sabiha Gökçen Airport, which also has an international feature. It has a 4-storey car park with a capacity of approximately 5000 vehicles and approximately 100 buses. Sabiha Gökçen car rental offices are located on both domestic and international routes. At Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, you can find many stores from clothing to cosmetics, from a bookstore to a gift shop, from a market to a shoe store, in the departure hall. You can reach other stores that serve every day of the year after domestic ticket control and international passport control.
At the same time, eating and drinking places with many restaurants and cafes on an area of 5,000 m² serve in the cafe and restaurant area of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport.