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ISTANBUL AIRPORT (LTFM) AIRPORT OPERATIONS

ATC TRAINING DOCUMENT

Published on 25.03.2019 v1.0

Prepared by Orhan GENCER ® TRvACC 2019

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT AIRPORT

Istanbul Airport has 4 runways and one terminal building including both domestic and international terminals under the same roof. Airport allows simultaneous parallel take-off and landing under certain circumstances. Detailed information about terminal and runways will be explained below.

TERMINAL LAYOUT

Gates starting with A,B,C,D,E and F is only for International Traffics.

Gates starting with G is only for Domestic Traffics.

RUNWAY OPERATIONS

RUNWAY OPERATIONS

Runway 17L/35R only for arrival traffics.

All Departure Traffics should be directed to the runways 16R/34L, 16L/34R or 17R/35L via end-around taxiway.

For departure traffics, multiple line-up procedure can be applied on the same runway via different intersections.

Crossing runway 17L/35R instruction should not be used.

Runways 16R, 17L, 34L and 35R are equipped with ILS CATII and CATIIIA.

During CATII and CATIIIA opeations, runways 16L/34R and 17R/35L will not be used for takeoff and landing.

STANDARD ARRIVAL TAXIWAY ROUTINGS

STANDARD DEPARTURE TAXIWAY ROUTINGS

INITIAL CLIMB ALTITUDES

RUNWAY 16L/R :

SID INITIAL ALTITUDE

MAKOL 2F

8000

OSMEV 2F

BARPE 2F

IVGUS 2F

VADEN 2F

IBLAL 2F

TUDBU 2F

ASMAP 2F

4000

RATVU 2F

ASMAP 2T (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

RATVU 2T (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

RUNWAY 17L/R :

SID INITIAL ALTITUDE MAKOL 2G

8000

OSMEV 2G

ASMAP 2G

RATVU 2G

ASMAP 2U (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

RATVU 2U (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

BARPE 2G

IVGUS 2G

BARPE 2U (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

IVGUS 2U (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 06)

VADEN 2G

7000 IBLAL 2G

TUDBU 2G

INITIAL CLIMB ALTITUDES

RUNWAY 34L/R :

SID INITIAL ALTITUDE

BARPE 2C

8000 IVGUS 2C

TUDBU 2C

VADEN 2C

IBLAL 2C

ASMAP 2C

7000 RATVU 2C

ASMAP 2Q (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 24)

RATVU2Q (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 24)

MAKOL 2C 5000

OSMEV 2C

RUNWAY 35L/R :

SID INITIAL ALTITUDE MAKOL 2D

8000

OSMEV 2D

ASMAP 2D

RATVU 2D

ASMAP 2R (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 24)

RATVU 2R (with LTFJ RNAV STAR 24)

BARPE 2D

IVGUS 2D

TUDBU 2D

4000 VADEN 2D

IBLAL 2D