Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is an international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. Located 32 km southeast of the city center, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the transcontinental city and serves as the operating base for AJet and Pegasus Airlines. The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world.