ESB — Esenboğa International Airport
- IATA code
- ESB
- ICAO code
- LTAC
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 13,926,576
- 2025 · +7.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 51
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Europe/Istanbul
- Elevation
- 953 m
- 3,127 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,750 m
Jan–Mar 2026: 3,358,440 passengers, +12.1% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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More codes: airport codes starting with E
About ESB
Esenboğa International Airport is a large airport serving Ankara, Turkey. It opened in 1955 and is run by TAV Airports Holding. 13,926,576 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 51 nonstop routes from ESB.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from ESB
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ESB → IST | 382 km | 1,497,202 |
| ESB → SAW | 324 km | 1,327,226 |
| ESB → ADB | 544 km | 874,960 |
| ESB → AYT | 406 km | 823,201 |
| ESB → ECN | 554 km | 689,588 |
| ESB → VAN | 910 km | 370,438 |
| ESB → DIY | 671 km | 363,566 |
| ESB → TZX | 583 km | 344,845 |
| ESB → GZT | 527 km | 342,062 |
| ESB → BJV | 563 km | 333,016 |
| ESB → ERZ | 698 km | 268,583 |
| ESB → GNY | 593 km | 233,419 |
| ESB → EZS | 568 km | 226,432 |
| ESB → RZV | 674 km | 206,812 |
| ESB → DLM | 528 km | 205,706 |
| ESB → GYD | 1,448 km | 197,207 |
| ESB → DUS | 2,370 km | 195,765 |
| ESB → BAL | 744 km | 168,764 |
| ESB → NKT | 845 km | 159,080 |
| ESB → FRA | 2,202 km | 154,926 |
| ESB → MLX | 478 km | 145,819 |
| ESB → OGU | 441 km | 134,729 |
| ESB → IKA | 1,679 km | 132,581 |
| ESB → VIE | 1,581 km | 126,703 |
| ESB → MQM | 738 km | 121,840 |
| ESB → KSY | 861 km | 121,562 |
| ESB → MSR | 761 km | 118,425 |
| ESB → AJI | 859 km | 114,301 |
| ESB → MUC | 1,916 km | 110,195 |
| ESB → IGD | 928 km | 109,149 |
| ESB → CKZ | 560 km | 108,819 |
| ESB → ADF | 544 km | 105,113 |
| ESB → AMM | 971 km | 99,340 |
| ESB → COV | 402 km | 98,321 |
| ESB → ERC | 560 km | 93,307 |
| ESB → STR | 2,107 km | 92,430 |
| ESB → JED | 2,127 km | 91,562 |
| ESB → CGN | 2,329 km | 86,493 |
| ESB → STN | 2,821 km | 84,822 |
| ESB → HTY | 508 km | 83,873 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| KFS | Kastamonu Airport | 148 km |
| ONQ | Zonguldak Çaycuma Airport | 171 km |
| NAV | Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport | 201 km |
| AOE | Hasan Polatkan Airport | 214 km |
| MZH | Amasya Merzifon Airport | 227 km |
Distance from ESB to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03L/21R | 3,750 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
| 03R/21L | 3,750 m | 60 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Ankara, Ankara Province, Turkey · 40.1281, 32.9951
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