<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Overview Sabiha Gokcen International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was built because Atat&uuml;rk International Airport (located on the European side) was not large enough to meet the booming passenger demands (both domestic and international).</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">SAW The airport opened on 8 January 2001. In June 2007, Turkish conglomerate Limak Holding, India's GMR Group and Malaysia Airport Holding Berhad (MAHB) consortium gained the contract for upgrading and maintaining the airport. In mid-2008, ground was broken to upgrade the international terminal to handle 25 million passengers annually. The new terminal was inaugurated on 31 October 2009.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">SAW's international terminal capacity originally was 3 million passengers per year and the domestic terminal capacity was 0.5 million passengers per year. In 2010, Sabiha G&ouml;k&ccedil;en airport handled 11,129,472 passengers, a 71% increase compared to 2009. The airport was planning (in 2011) to host 25 million passengers by 2023, but has already received and handled more than 35 million passengers by 2019.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In September 2010, the airport was voted the World's Best Airport at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London and received the award. The other awards received by the airport in 2010 were: Turkey's Most Successful Tourism Investment 2010, the highly commended award from Routes Europe, and the Airport Traffic Growth Award by Airline News &amp; Network Analysis.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">With 28,285,578 passengers and 206,180 aircraft movements in 2015, Sabiha G&ouml;k&ccedil;en International Airport is the third busiest single-runway airport in the world, after Mumbai and London Gatwick. However, both Mumbai and Gatwick actually have two runways and are only considered "single-runway" because they can only operate the second runway if the main one is out of use. This makes Sabiha G&ouml;k&ccedil;en the world's busiest true single-runway airport.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">A second runway is currently being built and is expected to be operational towards the end of 2022. The second runway will increase the hourly capacity from 40 to 80 aircraft movements.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Ground Transportation Sabiha Gokcen International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Sabiha G&ouml;k&ccedil;en International Airport is connected to the city of Istanbul and the city's wider metropolitan area through a number of transport options.</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>SabihaRail:</strong>SabihaThe airport is located 14 km from the Pendik railway station and sea-taxi stations. M10, a metro connection to Marmaray and Y&uuml;ksek Hızlı Tren via the Pendik station is currently being built.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>SabihaMetro:</strong>SabihaThe M4 metro line has been extended to the airport.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>SabihaShuttle buses and coaches:</strong>SabihaShuttle buses E10 and E11 serve Taksim and Kadık&ouml;y and there are coaches to nearby towns and cities.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>SabihaCar and taxi:</strong>SabihaThe airport is reachable by car from the E80 (Trans-European Motorway) which passes through the Istanbul Metropolitan Area.</li>
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