At Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.
Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.
How connections work at SAW
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Getting between them: Walkway (airside within the single terminal building)
Sabiha Gökçen operates from a single passenger terminal building where domestic and international departure areas are physically segregated by border control.
Passport control is required when transferring between international and domestic flights; pure international-to-international transit remains airside.
- Book connecting flights on the same PNR so your checked baggage is transferred automatically to your final destination.
- Transfers between domestic and international flights stay under one roof; follow the transfer signs to internal passport control without exiting landside.
- Baggage transfers through on most domestic connections, but destinations lacking customs facilities require baggage claim and re-check at SAW.
Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.
Sources: flypgs.com.
Data checked on October 18, 2026. Times are estimates: always check with your airline.