Yes, the new Istanbul Airport (IST) is significantly larger than Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), both in terms of physical land area and planned terminal capacity. Istanbul Airport, which opened in 2018, covers a massive 76.5 square kilometers (roughly 18,900 acres), making it one of the largest airports in the world by land area. In contrast, Schiphol covers approximately 28 square kilometers (about 6,900 acres). While Schiphol is famous for its "single-terminal" design and is one of Europe's busiest hubs, it is geographically constrained by its surrounding urban development. Istanbul's main terminal building alone is the largest under one roof in the world, and the airport is designed to eventually handle up to 200 million passengers per year with six runways. While Schiphol currently competes closely with Istanbul in terms of annual passenger traffic and international connections, the sheer scale of the Turkish hub's infrastructure and its massive potential for expansion dwarf the Dutch airport. For a passenger, this often means much longer walking distances in Istanbul compared to the more compact layout of Schiphol.