{"id":929,"date":"2023-11-08T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eovision.at\/esa-schoolatlas\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:56:37","slug":"istanbul-airport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/de\/anthroposphere\/istanbul-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Neuer Flughafen f&#xFC;r den zunehmenden Verkehr<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/ant18_1_istanbul_airport\/index.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"670\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">&#xFEFF;<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The New Istanbul Airport was opened in 2019 and has quickly become the busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger traffic with more than 64 million passengers in 2022. The construction of the New Istanbul Airport was an enormous financial undertaking, costing over 10 billion Euros, demonstrating Turkey&#x2019;s commitment to modernizing its transportation infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>This airport is designed for the long haul, with a potential capacity to serve more than 200 million passengers every year once it reaches full operation. This makes it one of the world&rsquo;s busiest airports, highlighting Turkey&rsquo;s role as an important global travel and trade centre. The New Istanbul Airport is expected to have a profound economic influence. It is anticipated to make a substantial contribution to Turkey&rsquo;s <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  title=\"Glossary: GDP\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;GDP&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Gross Domestic Product: Monetary value of final goods and services produced in a country in a given period of time (e.g. a year), a measure of the economic power of a country.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/de\/glossary\/gdp\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>GDP<\/a>. Additionally, it generates thousands of job opportunities directly and indirectly.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: satellite\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;satellite&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A free-flying object orbiting the Earth, another planet, or the sun.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/de\/glossary\/satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">satellite<\/a> map shows the huge impact of the airport on the landscape. Located about 30 kilometres northwest of the city centre, the new airport has replaced forests and agricultural land on an area of almost 40 square kilometres. Additionally, the road network serving the airport was enhanced substantially.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercises<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Satellite Map:\n<ul>\n<li>Look at the overview satellite image and try to identify city areas, forests, and agricultural land.<\/li>\n<li>Which airports can you identify at this scale?<\/li>\n<li>Compare the detail views and describe the changes.<\/li>\n<li>Try to give an estimation of the area directly affected by the new airport.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss possible impacts of the airport to the local population. Which advantages and disadvantages to you expect?<\/li>\n<li>How does the New Istanbul Airport&#x2019;s strategic location improve global connectivity, and what societal benefits does this connectivity bring to Istanbul and Turkey?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>EO Browser:\n<ul>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.sentinel-hub.com\/eo-browser\/?zoom=11&amp;lat=41.12902&amp;lng=28.84941&amp;themeId=DEFAULT-THEME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EO Browser<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find the most recent <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: Sentinel\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Sentinel&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Series of six different Earth Observation satellite types under responsibility of ESA in the Copernicus programme.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/de\/glossary\/sentinel\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Sentinel<\/a>-2 dataset covering the area displayed in the satellite map.<\/li>\n<li>Select a natural colour representation.<\/li>\n<li>Can you identify additional, recent changes in the area? In how far do you think could they be related to the new airport?<\/li>\n<li>Select the <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: false colour\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;false colour&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A colour imaging process which produces an image of a colour that does not correspond to the true or natural colour of the scene (as seen by our eyes). In Earth observation often used e.g. with infrared data (False colour Infrared, FIR).&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/de\/glossary\/false-colour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">false colour<\/a> infrared representation. Can you identify the land-use of the most intensely vegetated areas (represented by bright red colours)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links and Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuer Flughafen f&#xFC;r den zunehmenden Verkehr &#xFEFF; Background The New Istanbul Airport was opened in 2019 and has quickly become the busiest airport in Europe in terms of passenger traffic with more than 64 million passengers in 2022. 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