ESB
Esenboğa International Airport
Esenboğa International Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) is a large airport in Ankara, Ankara Province, Turkey. It opened in 1955. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,750 m (12,303 ft). It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2025 it handled 13.9 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1955–19831955
OpenedEsenboğa International Airport opens.
16 JAN 1983
DisasterTurkish Airlines flight 158.47 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap03R/21L035° / 215° · LIT
LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
03L/21R036° / 216° · LIT
LENGTH3,750 m12,303 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–202511.0M
12.1M
13.0M
15.8M
16.7M
13.7M
5.2M
7.0M
8.7M
12.0M
12.9M
13.9M
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Routes
93 destinations · 36 countriesYear-round85
TJKTokat AirportTürkiye · AJet289 km180 miYEIBursa Yenişehir AirportTürkiye · AJet292 km181 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet323 km201 miSZFSamsun-Çarşamba AirportTürkiye · AJet326 km203 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines381 km237 miCOVÇukurova International AirportTürkiye · AJet403 km250 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet407 km253 miGZPGazipaşa-Alanya AirportTürkiye · AJet430 km267 miOGUOrdu–Giresun AirportTürkiye · AJet440 km273 miTEQTekirdağ Çorlu AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines443 km275 miKCMKahramanmaraş AirportTürkiye · AJet448 km278 miMLXMalatya Erhaç AirportTürkiye · AJet477 km296 miHTYHatay AirportTürkiye · AJet508 km316 miEDOBalıkesir Koca Seyit AirportTürkiye · AJet515 km320 miGZTGaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportTürkiye · AJet526 km327 miDLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet527 km327 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet543 km337 miADFAdıyaman AirportTürkiye · AJet543 km337 miECNErcan International AirportCyprus · Pegasus Airlines, Fly Kıbrıs Hava Yolları, AJet555 km345 miCKZÇanakkale AirportTürkiye · AJet558 km347 miERCErzincan AirportTürkiye · AJet559 km347 miBJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet562 km349 miEZSElazığ AirportTürkiye · AJet567 km352 miTZXTrabzon International AirportTürkiye · AJet582 km362 miGNYŞanlıurfa GAP AirportTürkiye · AJet592 km368 miBGGBingöl AirportTürkiye · AJet667 km414 miDIYDiyarbakır AirportTürkiye · AJet670 km416 miRZVRize–Artvin AirportTürkiye · AJet673 km418 miERZErzurum International AirportTürkiye · AJet696 km432 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · AJet735 km457 miMQMMardin AirportTürkiye · AJet737 km458 miBALBatman AirportTürkiye · AJet743 km462 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Pegasus Airlines, AJet751 km467 miMSRMuş AirportTürkiye · AJet760 km472 miSXZSiirt AirportTürkiye · AJet800 km497 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · AJet810 km503 miNKTŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi AirportTürkiye · AJet843 km524 miAJIAğrı AirportTürkiye · AJet857 km533 miKSYKars AirportTürkiye · AJet859 km534 miVANVan Ferit Melen AirportTürkiye · AJet908 km564 miIGDIğdır AirportTürkiye · AJet926 km575 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet973 km605 miSKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · AJet974 km605 miYKOHakkari Yüksekova AirportTürkiye · AJet1,014 km630 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,019 km633 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Pegasus Airlines, Fly Baghdad, AJet +11,050 km652 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · AJet1,123 km698 miKIKKirkuk International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways1,123 km698 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · AJet1,126 km700 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · AJet1,162 km722 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · UR Airlines, Fly Baghdad, AJet +11,258 km782 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · AJet1,278 km794 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air1,366 km849 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,445 km898 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Pegasus Airlines1,512 km940 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Pegasus Airlines, AJet1,578 km981 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Pegasus Airlines1,623 km1,008 miIKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · Mahan Air, AJet1,676 km1,041 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · AJet1,748 km1,086 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet, Saudia1,841 km1,144 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · SunExpress1,912 km1,188 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · AJet2,012 km1,250 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines2,103 km1,307 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Pegasus Airlines, AJet, Saudia2,132 km1,325 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · AJet2,196 km1,365 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, AJet2,197 km1,365 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · SunExpress2,239 km1,391 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines2,286 km1,420 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines2,324 km1,444 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress, AJet2,366 km1,470 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways2,391 km1,486 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Pegasus Airlines2,411 km1,498 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · AJet2,535 km1,575 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · AJet2,584 km1,606 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia2,592 km1,611 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · AJet2,595 km1,612 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,655 km1,650 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Pegasus Airlines2,660 km1,653 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Pegasus Airlines, AJet2,815 km1,749 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · AJet3,040 km1,889 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · AJet3,078 km1,913 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · AJet, FlyArystan3,186 km1,980 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air3,238 km2,012 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · AJet3,430 km2,131 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Pegasus Airlines, AJet3,630 km2,256 miSeasonal17
TBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · SunExpress1,019 km633 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · SunExpress1,578 km981 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Pegasus Airlines1,737 km1,079 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · AJet1,912 km1,188 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress2,012 km1,250 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · SunExpress, AJet2,103 km1,307 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · SunExpress2,113 km1,313 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Pegasus Airlines2,192 km1,362 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · AJet2,271 km1,411 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress2,278 km1,415 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · SunExpress, AJet2,286 km1,420 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · SunExpress, AJet2,324 km1,444 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · SunExpress, AJet2,411 km1,498 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · SunExpress, AJet2,502 km1,555 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · SunExpress2,535 km1,575 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · SunExpress2,542 km1,580 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Pegasus Airlines3,586 km2,228 miMost destinationsAJet 76Pegasus Airlines 32SunExpress 16Iraqi Airways 3Fly Baghdad 2Saudia 2
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ESB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ankara Esenboğa Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
4 channelsAPPAPP119.100
ATISATIS123.600
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.100