由于其两个机场接近容量，伊斯坦布尔将建造三分之一。土耳其的运输部长Binali Yildirim最近宣布，该机场项目估计要花56亿美元，下个月将招标，预计到12月。官员们说，该项目将以建筑运行转移的基础进行。
Turkey aims to build the facility in the city's northern section by 2015. Located near the Black Sea on the European side of the city, the airport would have an initial capacity of 90 million annual passengers and could expand to accommodate 150 million annual passengers.
Currently, Istanbul is served by Atatürk Airport on the Marmara Sea on the European side and Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the Asian side. They have supported the city's development as a major aviation hub, powered by fast-expanding Turkish Airlines.
But traffic is up considerably. Atatürk Airport broke its air-traffic record on Aug. 17 with a total of 1,127 planes taking off and landing at the transportation hub during the end of Ramadan, government airport officials told a local newspaper. A total of 38,533 passengers arrived at the airport's international terminal, while 38,121 passengers departed. On the domestic side of the airport, 22,417 passengers arrived and 26,626 passengers flew out.
The location chosen for the planned new airport is 80% publicly owned land, while the remaining 20% will be nationalized.
土耳其运输部长Binali Yildirim表示，新机场的设计和工程将是将于9月宣布的招标的一部分，等待最高规划委员会的最终批准。
政府预计将覆盖750,000平方米的终端。还计划有足够大的三条跑道，可以为世界上最大的商用飞机提供空中客车380架飞机。部长声称，新机场将是世界上第三大或第四大。
The project will be financed on a BOT basis, with the contractor responsible for arranging the financing package
Sani Şener—CEO of Turkish contractor TAV Group, which is set to enter the tender—pointed out that the presence of coal mines on the land would make construction difficult. The firm already is building new airports in Izmir, Turkey, as well as in Medina, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi.
The project is likely to attract bids from up to six teams, Şener said in a published report. It would be one of Turkey's largest construction projects to date.
The new airport will be located within easy access of the third Bosphorus crossing, which was awarded in June to a joint venture of Turkey’s ICTAS and Italy's Astaldi after two failed tender attempts. ICTAS-Astaldi won the contract over three other teams by pledging to build the bridge in 36 months as a build-operate-transfer project for an estimated cost of $4.5 billion.
预计将由法国工程师Michel Virlogeux建造1.4公里长的悬架桥。受纽约市布鲁克林大桥的启发，它具有电缆固定功能，可提供额外的刚度。
Virlogeux拒绝了一座双层桥的原始概念，用于携带八条高速公路和双铁路轨道。取而代之的是，他赞成通过僵硬的电缆加强一座50米宽的单层桥梁，这是一份已发表的报告。新设计的最终批准仍在等待中。
Together, the new airport and bridge will speed development of Istanbul’s northern periphery.
