Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) (Turkish: Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı) is the international airport of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It has been operating since 1955. In 2017, the airport has served more than 15 million passengers in total, 13 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 4th in terms of total passenger traffic (after Atatürk Airport, Antalya Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport), 3rd in terms of domestic passenger traffic (after Atatürk 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.

Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
OperatorTAV Airports
ServesAnkara, Turkey
Opened1955
Hub for
Elevation AMSL3,125 ft / 953 m
Coordinates40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E
Websitewww.esenbogaairport.com
Map
ESB is located in Turkey
ESB
ESB
Location within Turkey
ESB is located in Europe
ESB
ESB
ESB (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03R/21L 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
03L/21R 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers15,845,878
Passenger change 16–17Increase21%
Aircraft movements117,820
Movements change 16–17Increase12%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe[2]

Overview

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 90 one way, metered) and through the Havaş bus line (approximately TRY 12,5 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.

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]

Interior view

Terminals

Esenboga Airport Domestic and International Terminal constructed under "Build-Operate-Transfer" model has been completed within a record time; a year earlier than the committed completion date. Esenboga Airport Domestic and International 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.

The New Domestic and International Terminals, 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.

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Premia Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon[9]
Air Serbia Belgrade[10]
AnadoluJet[11] Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Almaty,[12] Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Antalya, Astana, Baghdad,[13] Baku, Batman, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Bingöl, Bishkek,[14] Bodrum, Bursa, Çanakkale, Çorlu, Dalaman, Diyarbakır, Edremit, Elazığ, Ercan, Erzincan, Erzurum, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Gazipaşa/Alanya, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kars, Kayseri, London–Stansted, Malatya, Mardin, Moscow–Vnukovo, Muş, Ordu/Giresun, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rize/Artvin,[15] Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Siirt, Şırnak, Tashkent,[16] Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tokat, Trabzon, Van, Vienna
Seasonal: Brussels,[17] Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart[18]
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Buta Airways Baku (ends 28 October 2023)[19]
Caspian Airlines Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Corendon Airlines[20] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,[21] Düsseldorf,[21] Nuremberg[21]
FlyArystan Astana
Fly Baghdad Baghdad, Erbil
flydubai Dubai–International[22]
Flynas Jeddah, Medina
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Erbil, Kirkuk[23]
Kam Air Kabul
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Pegasus Airlines Almaty,[24] Amman–Queen Alia, Antalya, Bodrum, Bucharest–Otopeni,[25] Cologne/Bonn, Çorlu, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf, Erbil, Ercan, Frankfurt, Hamburg,[26] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir,[27] Krakow, London–Stansted, Sharjah, Stockholm–Arlanda,[28] Stuttgart, Tbilisi,[29] Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Vienna
Seasonal: Berlin, Moscow–Domodedovo,[27] Warsaw–Chopin[27]
Qatar Airways Doha
Qeshm Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Saudia Jeddah, Medina
SunExpress[30] Düsseldorf,[31] Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich[32]
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Berlin,[33] Brussels, Cologne/Bonn,[34] Copenhagen,[35] Hamburg,[33] Stockholm–Arlanda,[33] Stuttgart, Tbilisi,[36] Vienna, Zürich
Transavia Paris–Orly[37]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
UR Airlines Baghdad[38]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent (begins 4 November 2023)[39]
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi

Statistics

Passengers
Annual passenger traffic at ESB airport. See Wikidata query.
Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics[3]
Year Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2022 6,742,033 Increase 18% 1,902,934 Increase 46% 8,644,967 Increase 23%
2021 5,727,199 Increase 30% 1,298,976 Increase 74% 7,026,175 Increase 36%
2020 4,415,805 Decrease 61% 746,764 Decrease 67% 5,162,569 Decrease 62%
2019 11,417,759 Decrease 21% 2,275,195 Increase 1% 13,692,954 Decrease 18%
2018 14,498,102 Increase 5% 2,241,901 Increase 13% 16,740,003 Increase 6%
2017 13,828,365 Increase 20% 1,988,793 Increase 33% 15,817,158 Increase 21%
2016 11,554,882 Increase 9% 1,488,095 Decrease 4% 13,042,977 Increase 8%
2015 10,562,282 Increase 10% 1,551,157 Increase 7% 12,113,439 Increase 10%
2014 9,591,350 Increase 2% 1,444,256 Decrease 8% 11,035,606 Increase 1%
2013 9,369,832 Increase 22% 1,572,228 Decrease 1% 10,942,060 Increase 18%
2012 7,679,371 Increase 9% 1,593,737 Increase 13% 9,273,108 Increase 9%
2011 7,080,072 Increase 10% 1,405,395 Increase 6% 8,485,467 Increase 9%
2010 6,435,211 Increase 29% 1,328,693 Increase 21% 7,763,914 Increase 28%
2009 4,990,134 Increase 12% 1,094,270 Decrease 12% 6,084,404 Increase 7%
2008 4,444,311 Increase 23% 1,247,822 Decrease 8% 5,692,133 Increase 15%
2007 3,609,122 Increase 10% 1,349,006 Increase 7% 4,958,128 Increase 9%
2006 3,287,585 Increase 25% 1,259,993 Increase 6% 4,547,578 Increase 19%
2005 2,640,604 Increase 23% 1,189,250 Increase 5% 3,829,854 Increase 17%
2004 2,141,047 Increase 21% 1,134,678 Increase 12% 3,275,725 Increase 18%
2003 1,773,531 Decrease 2% 1,010,396 Decrease 1% 2,783,927 Decrease 2%
2002 1,814,563 1,022,065 2,836,628

Movements
Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Aircraft Movement Statistics
Year Domestic  % change International  % change Total  % change
2015 82,852 Increase 5% 15,758 Increase 0.3% 98,610 Increase 4%
2014 78,712 Decrease 2% 15,706 Decrease 6% 94,421 Decrease 2%
2013 80,107 Increase 16% 16,711 Increase 1% 96,818 Increase 13%
2012 69,335 Increase 3% 16,548 Increase 7% 85,883 Increase 4%
2011 67,513 Increase 14% 15,452 Increase 7% 82,965 Increase 12%
2010 59,509 Increase 18% 14,420 Increase 18% 73,929 Increase 18%
2009 50,347 Increase 4% 12,273 Decrease 15% 62,620 Decrease 0.4%
2008 48,463 Increase 2% 14,396 Decrease 12% 62,859 Decrease 2%
2007 47,578 16,331 63,909

Other facilities
Interior view

Aviation accidents and incidents at or near the airport

Other airports in Ankara

There are three military airports in Ankara as follows:

See also

References
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