The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world.

[11] The new terminal building with a 25 million annual passenger capacity serves domestic and international flights under one roof.

[citation needed] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport:[13] Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is connected to the city of Istanbul and the city's wider metropolitan area through a number of transport options.

M10, a metro connection to Marmaray and Yüksek Hızlı Tren via the Pendik station is currently being built.

[citation needed] The airport is reachable by car and taxi [93] from the E80 European motorway which passes through the Istanbul Metropolitan Area.

Shuttlebus companies such as Havaist[94] along with express public buses E10 and E11 operated by İETT[95] serve Taksim and Kadıköy and there are coaches to nearby towns and cities.