RADAR-SIMLTFM – İstanbul Airport
Istanbul, Türkiye · 41.275°N 28.732°E · elevation 325 ft
Control the traffic at İstanbul Airport in radar-sim, a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 09/27, 16L/34R, 16R/34L, 17L/35R, 17R/35L and 18/36, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.
Start as tower at LTFM ▶ · Start as approach at LTFM ▶ · choose traffic level and wind first
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,819 m (9,249 ft) | 45 m | concrete | 089° / 269° |
| 16L/34R | 3,750 m (12,303 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 179° / 359° |
| 16R/34L | 3,750 m (12,303 ft) | 60 m | asphalt | 179° / 359° |
| 17L/35R | 4,100 m (13,451 ft) | 60 m | asphalt | 179° / 359° |
| 17R/35L | 4,100 m (13,451 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 179° / 359° |
| 18/36 | 3,060 m (10,039 ft) | 45 m | concrete | 179° / 359° |
The airport has 6 runways. The parallel runways 16L/34R, 16R/34L, 17L/35R, 17R/35L and 18/36: 16L/34R – 16R/34L (207 m) and 17L/35R – 17R/35L (209 m) lie closer than 760 m and are worked as one runway, arrivals to both ends separated like on a single final; the other combinations are far enough apart (1035 m) for independent parallel approaches. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 17L/35R with 4,100 m) on low , two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.
Airspace
The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 3,000 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.
| Approach | Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from LTFM) |
|---|---|
| RWY 09 | TISAB (262° / 11 NM) |
| RWY 16L | PURKE (355° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 16R | DEMID (354° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 17L | KIOBI (358° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 17R | UKZUS (358° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 18 | GUNID (004° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 27 | IBVIL (094° / 15 NM) |
| RWY 34L |
TOUDO (184° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 34R | NAIVA (184° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 35L | APTUK (181° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 35R | RORZE (180° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 36 | ARADI (174° / 13 NM) |
Entry fixes: AVGEG (058° / 33 NM), AZBEG (358° / 32 NM), BAZOD (225° / 32 NM), BEIRU (102° / 30 NM), ZERLU
(283° / 32 NM), ZIDUR (178° / 27 NM).
Nearby airports
Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.
LTBAİstanbul Atatürk Airport – 19 NM, bearing 167°LTFJIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport – 35 NM, bearing 131°LTBUTekirdağ Çorlu Airport – 38 NM, bearing 257°LTBGBandırma Airport – 67 NM, bearing 211°LTBQCengiz Topel Airport – 69 NM, bearing 118°LTBRBursa Yenişehir Airport – 72 NM, bearing 149°
Other airports: all 20 airports in radar-sim · how to play and the command reference.