Esenboğa International Airport

Esenboğa International Airport Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı
IATA: ESB – ICAO: LTAC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		TAV Airports
Serves		Ankara, Turkey
Hub for		AnadoluJet Turkish Airlines
Elevation AMSL		3,125 ft / 953 m
Coordinates		40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E / 40.12806°N 32.99500°E / 40.12806; 32.99500Coordinates: 40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E / 40.12806°N 32.99500°E / 40.12806; 32.99500
Website		esenbogaairport.com
Map
ESB Location within Turkey
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03R/21L	3,750	12,303	Asphalt
03L/21R	3,750	12,303	Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers			10,900,000
Passenger change 11-12			9.3%
Aircraft movements			85,883
Movements change 11-12			3.5%
Source: Turkish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Esenboğa International Airport (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) (Turkish: 'Ankara Esenboğa Havalimanı or Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı'), is an airport located 28 km (17 mi) northeast^[1] of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It has been operating since 1955.

The name of the airport comes from the village of Esenboğa (the g is silent), which literally means "Windflowing Bull" or "Serene Bull", the modernized form of Isen Buga, the name of a Turkic warlord in the army of Timur who settled his troops here during the Battle of Ankara in 1402.^[2]

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 Domestic and International Terminal, which went into operation on October 16th 2006 with a capacity of 10 million passengers, are spread over a 182 thousand m2 area.^[3]

In 2009, ESB served 6,085,126 passengers, 4,987,983 of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 5th in terms of total passenger traffic, 2nd in terms of domestic traffic and 7th in terms of international traffic among airports in Turkey.^[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."

Location

The airport is located northeast of Ankara, 28 km (17 mi) from the 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 70 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.

Terminals

A combined domestic and international terminal has recently opened, on October 2006, following two years of construction works. India's GMR Group was a part of a three member consortium involved with the construction of the airport.^[6] A new general aviation terminal with 469 m² (5,048 sq ft) area has been opened on January 2012 to service private and business jets.

The New Domestic and International Terminals will 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.

Airlines and destinations

Panoramic view of Esenboga International Airport New Terminal

Statistics

Interior view

Interior view

Interior view

Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Passenger Traffic Statistics*

Year	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2013 (Nov.)	8,560,725	21%	1,485,774	1%	10,046,499	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

Ankara Esenboğa International Airport Aircraft Movement Statistics*

Year	Domestic	% change	International	% change	Total	% change
2013	45,244	11.1%	9,582	2.2%	54,826	9.5%
2012	69,335	2.7%	16,548	7.1%	85,883	3.5%
2011	67,513	13.5%	15,452	7.2%	82,965	12.2%
2010	59,509	18.2%	14,420	17.5%	73,929	18.1%
2009	50,347	3.9%	12,273	14.7%	62,620	0.4%
2008	48,463	1.9%	14,396	11.8%	62,859	1.6%
2007	47,578		16,331		63,909

(*) Source: dhmi.gov.tr^[4]

Other facilities

• The airport has the head office of AnadoluJet.^[9]
• Esenboğa Airport was designated as one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle.^[10]

Gallery

Aviation accidents and incidents at or near the airport

• 1961 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
• 1964 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
• 1979 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
• Turkish Airlines Flight 158

Other airports in Ankara

There are three military airports in Ankara as follows:

• Akıncı Air Base
• Etimesgut Air Base
• Güvercinlik Army Air Base

Notes

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ankara International Airport.

• Airport's official website (English)
• Accident history for ESB at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for LTAC at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for LTAC at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for LTAC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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