Istanbul Airport ranked first among Europe’s busiest airports with an average of 1,587 flights per day between September 21 and 27, according to the European Aviation Report of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL), Anadolu Agency reported.


It was followed by Amsterdam with 1,423 daily flights, Paris Charles de Gaulle with 1,384, Frankfurt with 1,359 and London Heathrow with 1,324. The airport’s fourth main runway, its first east-west main runway, opened on September 18.