Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesAnkara, Turkey
Opened1955 (1955)
Hub for Turkish Airlines
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
Map
ESB/LTAC
Location within Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03R/21L 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
03L/21R 3,400 11,125 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers12,853,024
Passenger change 2023–248%
Aircraft movements96,882
Movements change 2023–244%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL
Passenger Traffic, ACI Europe

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 as well as one of the busiest airports in the Middle East. The airport was ranked 22nd in the "100 Things That Give Hope in Turkey" list published in the 100th issue of Newsweek Turkey magazine.