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Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) is an international airport of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In 2024, the airport has served more than 12 million passengers in total, 9 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 4th in terms of total passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Antalya Airport), 3rd in terms of domestic passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport) among airports in Turkey.[3] The airport was ranked 22nd in the "100 Things That Give Hope in Turkey" list published in the 100th issue of Newsweek Turkey magazine.[citation needed]

Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesAnkara, Turkey
Opened1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL3,125 ft / 953 m
Coordinates40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E / 40.12806°N 32.99500°E / 40.12806; 32.99500
Websitewww.esenbogaairport.com
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ESB/LTAC is located in Turkey
ESB/LTAC
ESB/LTAC
Location within Turkey
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03R/21L 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
03L/21R 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers12,853,024
Passenger change 2023–24Increase8%
Aircraft movements96,882
Movements change 2023–24Increase4%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe[2]

Overview

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The airport is located northeast of Ankara, 28 km (17 mi) from the city center. The airport is connected with Kızılay (the city center) and Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal (Turkish: Ankara Şehirlerarası Terminal İşletmesi, AŞTİ) by EGO city bus number 442 (from 6 am to 11pm). Transportation to the city center is also by taxi (around TRY 900 one way, metered) and through the Havaş bus line (approximately TRY 120 one way). The road between Esenboğa airport and the Ankara ring road was expanded during the summer of 2006, decreasing the driving time between the city center and the airport by several minutes.[citation needed]

The name of the airport comes from the village of Esenboğa (the ğ is silent), which literally means "Windflowing Bull" or "Serene Bull", the modernized form of Isen Buqa, the name of a Turkic warlord in the army of Timur who settled his troops here during the Battle of Ankara in 1402.[4]

Esenboğa International Airport was awarded as the best airport in Europe by ACI Europe (Airport Council International) and the award presented to airport officials on 17 June 2009 in Manchester. The award is given in 4 categories every year and Esenboğa was in 5–10 million per annum category. It is the first time an ACI award was granted to a Turkish Airport.[5] According to ACI-Europe, "As with number of the top candidates in this category, the airport excels in all the keys areas of operations, however the judges singled it out for its work in the area of environmental innovation, securing an incredible 25% energy savings stemming from its recycling of exhaust gases to power its air conditioning plants." In 2020, Esenboğa Airport was awarded as the best European airport with a capacity of 15 – 25 million passengers by Airports Council International.[6]

A new parallel runway is under construction to the east of the terminal building. Upon the completion, the current runway 03R/21L will be resigned as 03C/21C and the new runway will receive the latter's former designation.[7]

Terminals

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Esenboga Airport Domestic and International Terminal constructed under "Build-Operate-Transfer" model has been completed. Esenboga Airport current Terminal, which went into operation on October 16, 2006 with a capacity of 10 million passengers, are spread over a 182,000 square metres (1,960,000 sq ft) area.[8] A new general aviation terminal with 469 m2 (5,048 sq ft) area has been opened in January 2012 to service private and business jets.[citation needed]

The new terminal, opened in 2006, feature 168,000 m2 (1,808,337 sq ft) area, 10,000,000 passenger/year capacity, 18 ea. passenger bridges, 105 check-in counters, 34 passport counters, a parking facility with 123,000 m2 (1,323,961 sq ft) area and 4,000 vehicles capacity.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ankara Esenboğa Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Air Albania Seasonal: Tirana[9]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[10]
AJet[11] Adana/Mersin,[12][13] Adıyaman,[14] Ağrı,[12] Almaty,[15] Amman–Queen Alia,[16] Amsterdam,[16] Antalya,[12] Astana,[15] Baghdad,[17] Baku,[12] Batman,[12] Beirut, Belgrade,[12] Berlin,[14] Bingöl,[12] Bishkek,[12][18] Bodrum,[12] Bursa, Çanakkale,[12] Dalaman,[12] Diyarbakır,[12] Dubai–International,[12][19] Düsseldorf,[14] Edremit,[12] Elazığ,[14] Ercan,[12] Erzincan,[12] Erzurum,[16] Frankfurt,[14] Gaziantep,[12] Gazipaşa/Alanya,[12] Hakkari,[12] Hatay,[12] Iğdır,[12] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[12] İzmir,[12] Jeddah, Kahramanmaraş,[12] Kars,[12] London–Stansted,[14] Malatya,[12] Mardin,[12] Medina, Moscow–Vnukovo, Muş,[12] Ordu/Giresun,[12] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[12] Rize/Artvin,[12][20] Samsun,[12] Şanlıurfa,[12] Siirt,[14] Şırnak,[12] Tashkent,[21] Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tokat, Trabzon,[12] Van,[12] Vienna[12]
Seasonal: Brussels,[22] Cologne/Bonn,[14] Geneva,[12] Hamburg, Munich,[14] Stockholm–Arlanda,[16] Stuttgart[14][23]
Ariana Afghan Airlines Kabul
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Caspian Airlines Tabriz, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Corendon Airlines[24] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[25] Düsseldorf,[25] Nuremberg[25]
FlyArystan Astana
Fly Baghdad Baghdad, Erbil
Flydubai Dubai–International[26]
Fly Kıbrıs Airlines Ercan[citation needed]
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Erbil, Kirkuk[27]
Kam Air Kabul
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Pegasus Airlines Almaty,[28] Amman–Queen Alia, Antalya, Bodrum, Bucharest–Otopeni,[29] Cologne/Bonn, Çorlu, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Erbil, Ercan, Frankfurt, Hamburg,[30] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir,[31] Jeddah, Kraków, London–Stansted, Medina, Sharjah, Stockholm–Arlanda,[32] Stuttgart, Tbilisi,[33] Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Berlin, Copenhagen,[34] Lisbon,[35] Moscow–Domodedovo[31]
Qatar Airways Doha
Qeshm Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Saudia Jeddah, Medina
Sepehran Airlines Tehran–Imam Khomeini[36]
SunExpress[37] Düsseldorf,[38] Frankfurt, Hannover,[39] Munich[40][39]
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[39] Berlin,[41] Brussels,[42] Cologne/Bonn,[39][43] Copenhagen,[44] Hamburg,[41] Stockholm–Arlanda,[41] Stuttgart,[39] Tbilisi,[45] Vienna,[46] Zürich
Transavia Paris–Orly[47][48]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
UR Airlines Baghdad[49]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[50]

Statistics

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Interior view
 
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Passengers

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Annual passenger traffic at ESB airport. See Wikidata query.
Ankara–Esenboğa International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[3]
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 9,623,337   5% 3,229,687   14% 12,853,024   8%
2023 9,123,505   35% 2,827,435   47% 11,950,940   38%
2022 6,756,212   18% 1,923,382   48% 8,679,594   23%
2021 5,728,315   30% 1,301,315   74% 7,029,630   36%
2020 4,415,805   61% 746,764   67% 5,162,569   62%
2019 11,463,200   21% 2,277,395   2% 13,740,595   18%
2018 14,498,102   5% 2,241,901   13% 16,740,003   6%
2017 13,828,365   20% 1,988,793   33% 15,817,158   21%
2016 11,547,240   9% 1,496,876   3% 13,044,116   8%
2015 10,562,282   10% 1,551,157   7% 12,113,439   10%
2014 9,591,350   2% 1,444,256   8% 11,035,606   1%
2013 9,369,832   22% 1,572,228   1% 10,942,060   18%
2012 7,679,371   8% 1,593,737   13% 9,273,108   9%
2011 7,080,072   10% 1,405,395   6% 8,485,467   9%
2010 6,435,211   29% 1,328,693   21% 7,763,914   28%
2009 4,990,134   12% 1,094,270   12% 6,084,404   7%
2008 4,444,311   23% 1,247,822   8% 5,692,133   15%
2007 3,609,122   10% 1,349,006   7% 4,958,128   9%
2006 3,287,585   25% 1,259,993   6% 4,547,578   19%
2005 2,640,604   23% 1,189,250   5% 3,829,854   17%
2004 2,141,047   21% 1,134,678   12% 3,275,725   18%
2003 1,773,531   2% 1,010,396   1% 2,783,927   2%
2002 1,814,563   1,022,065   2,836,628  

Movements

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Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Aircraft Movement Statistics
Year Domestic % change International % change Total % change
2024 71,541   3% 25,341   9% 96,882   4%
2023 69,762   29% 23,312   34% 93,074   30%
2022 53,926   2% 17,429   23% 71,355   7%
2021 52,753   28% 14,160   56% 66,913   33%
2020 41,321   48% 9,073   55% 50,394   49%
2019 78,871   21% 20,371   4% 99,242   17%
2018 100,258   1% 19,513   6% 119,771   2%
2017 99,384   11% 18,453   14% 117,837   12%
2016 89,458   8% 16,152   3% 105,610   7%
2015 82,852   5% 15,758   0% 98,610   4%
2014 78,712   2% 15,706   6% 94,418   2%
2013 80,107   16% 16,711   1% 96,818   13%
2012 69,335   3% 16,548   7% 85,883   4%
2011 67,513   13% 15,452   7% 82,965   12%
2010 59,509   18% 14,420   17% 73,929   18%
2009 50,347   4% 12,273   15% 62,620   0%
2008 48,463   2% 14,396   12% 62,859   2%
2007 47,578   16,331   63,909  

Other facilities

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Accidents and incidents

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See also

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References

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