ESBLTAC

Esenboğa International Airport

Ankara, Turkey · Asia

Asia Europe/Istanbul IVCA 53.7

87direct destinations

14airlines

2runways

3,750 mLongest runway

1955opened

Ankara Esenbo?a Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) is an international airport of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In 2025, the airport served more than 13 million passengers, 10 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 being the 13th busiest airport in the Middle East.

Location

40.128°N, 32.995°E · 953 m s. n. m. (3.125 ft)

General data

CountryTurkey

CityAnkara

IATA codeESB

ICAO codeLTAC

Coordinates40.128°N, 32.995°E

Elevation953 m s. n. m. (3.125 ft)

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Runways2

Longest runway3,750 m

OperatorTAV Airports Holding

Opened1955

Direct destinations87

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

03L/21R

Length3,750 m12,303 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

03R/21L

Length3,750 m12,303 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 4

Tower

118.100

Ground

121.900

ATIS (automatic information)

123.600

Approach

119.100

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 14

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

AJet

Other airlines with direct routes

Pegasus Airlines SunExpress Iraqi Airways Corendon Airlines Aeroflot flydubai Mahan Air Qatar Airways Saudia Turkish Airlines UR Airlines Uzbekistan Airways Wizz Air

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Esenboğa International Airport (ESB). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ESB

MLA

“Esenboğa International Airport (ESB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ESB. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Esenboğa International Airport (ESB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ESB (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_esb,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ESB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ESB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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