Ankara Esenboğa Airport

Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGeneral Directorate of State Airports (DHMİ)
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesAnkara and Kırıkkale, 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
03C/21C 3,750 12,303 Asphalt
03L/21R 3,400 11,125 Asphalt
03R/21L Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers13,926,680
Passenger change 2024–258%
Aircraft movements103,318
Movements change 2024–257%
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 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.