Esenboga_International_Airport
Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Largest civil airport in Ankara, Turkey
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.[citation needed] 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 International 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | General Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ) | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | TAV Airports Holding | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 3,125 ft / 953 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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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 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]
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 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.
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.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ankara Esenboğa Airport:
Passengers
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| Year | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,090,436 |  35% |
2,823,646 | 47% |
11,914,082 | 37% |
| 2022 | 6,742,033 | 18% |
1,902,934 | 46% |
8,644,967 | 23% |
| 2021 | 5,727,199 | 30% |
1,298,976 | 74% |
7,026,175 | 36% |
| 2020 | 4,415,805 |  61% |
746,764 | 67% |
5,162,569 | 62% |
| 2019 | 11,417,759 | 21% |
2,275,195 | 1% |
13,692,954 | 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 | 11,554,882 | 9% |
1,488,095 | 4% |
13,042,977 | 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 | 9% |
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
| Year | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59,992 | 31% |
20,433 | 39% |
80,425 | 33% |
| 2022 | 45,734 | 5% |
14,716 | 24% |
60,450 | 9% |
| 2015 | 82,852 | 5% |
15,758 | 0.3% |
98,610 | 4% |
| 2014 | 78,712 | 2% |
15,706 | 6% |
94,421 | 2% |
| 2013 | 80,107 | 16% |
16,711 | 1% |
96,818 | 13% |
| 2012 | 69,335 | 3% |
16,548 | 7% |
85,883 | 4% |
| 2011 | 67,513 | 14% |
15,452 | 7% |
82,965 | 12% |
| 2010 | 59,509 | 18% |
14,420 | 18% |
73,929 | 18% |
| 2009 | 50,347 | 4% |
12,273 | 15% |
62,620 | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 48,463 | 2% |
14,396 | 12% |
62,859 | 2% |
| 2007 | 47,578 | 16,331 | 63,909 |
- The airport is the head office of AnadoluJet.[42]
- Esenboğa Airport was designated as one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle.[43]
There are three military airports in Ankara as follows:
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- "ACI EUROPE Best Airport Award winners for 2009 announced" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2023.[permanent dead link]
- "ACI reveals world's best airports for customer experience". Airports Council International. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "ANKARA ESENBOĞA AIRPORT". www.esenbogaairport.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "Air Serbia reveals third set of new routes". 8 December 2022.
- "Flight Schedule". anadolujet.com.
- "Turkish Airlines adds Ankara – Baghdad service in S19". Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- "✅ ✈️️ Fly with Most Affordable and Cheap Ticket Opportunities | AnadoluJet". www.anadolujet.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- "Flight VF549". Flightradar24.
- "ANADOLUJET ADDS ANKARA – TASHKENT SERVICE FROM MID-APRIL 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- "Corendon Ankara Flight Plan" (PDF). corendonairlines.com.
- "CORENDON AIRLINES NW22 SCHEDULED SERVICE ADJUSTMENT – 20OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 20 October 2022.
- Release, Press. "Ankara becomes the latest destination to join the flydubai network". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- "Iraqi Airways Begins Kirkuk – Turkey Service From Nov 2022". Aeroroutes. 31 October 2022.
- Bobon, Gabriel (13 July 2022). "New route: Bucharest - Ankara with Pegasus Airlines from August 2022".
- "Pegasus adds Hamburg / Rotterdam service in W18". routesonline.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- "PEGASUS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 16APR23". aeroroutes.com. 18 April 2023.
- "Schedule". Flypgs.com.
- "Pegasus Website". flypgs.com. [not specific enough to verify]
- "Sepehran Airlines launches new route between Tehran and Ankara". 15 October 2023.
- Liu, Jim (3 September 2020). "SunExpress 01-19SEP20 International operations as of 30AUG20". routesonline.com.
- "SunExpress Germany S19 network additions as of 18OCT18". routesonline.com.
- "SUNEXPRESS NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 30OCT22". aeroroutes.com. 31 October 2022.
- "SunExpress S19 network additions as of 18OCT18". routesonline.com.
- Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- Flight Search Transavia
- Liu, Jim. "UR Airlines files S20 network". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- "Uzbekistan Airways Schedules Ankara Launch in Nov 2023". AeroRoutes. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- "Contact Us Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine." AnadoluJet. Retrieved on 24 December 2011. "Address: Esenboğa Havalimanı İdari Kat E Adası Anadolu Jet Ofisleri - ANKARA" - Turkish page Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Pike, John. "SPACE SHUTTLE EMERGENCY LANDING SITES". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Official website
- Accident history for ESB at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for LTAC at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for LTAC at NOAA/NWS
