Airport Ankara Esenboga (Ankara Esenboga International Airport). Official site.

Ankara Esenboga International Airport is the capital's air harbor of Turkey, located at 28 kilometers from Ankara. Due to the fact that the airport is actively developing, over the last 15 years, there has been a steady increase in the volume of passenger traffic, which in 2016 amounted to more than 13 million people.

History of Ankara Esenboga International Airport

The first aircraft began to be serviced at Ankara airport at the beginning of the last century, which was due to the need to establish efficient transport accessibility in the country. Nevertheless, the first flights were carried out exclusively on local routes, however, due to the increasing volume of passengers served, already in the 40-ies of the last century, the possibility of organizing the first flights in international air routes began to be considered.

In 1947, the first international flight from Ankara airport that connected Ankara with Athens, and later, regular flights were organized with other countries, led to the need to expand the capabilities of the air harbor and improve its infrastructure.

At the end of the 50-ies, Ankara Esenboga International Airport was fully prepared to receive large aircraft, which in turn provided great interest to the region, where foreign airlines began to make their flights.

Over the next 30 years, from 1960 to 1990, Ankara Esenboga International Airport has been actively developing its capabilities, in particular, it is about creating a quality infrastructure for passengers, building VIP terminals, cargo terminals, etc.

 In 2002, the passenger traffic at Ankara Esenboga International Airport reached 2 million 836 million passengers, while by 2007, this figure rose to almost 5 million passengers.

Despite the fact that Ankara's air haven was initially focused on servicing international flights, today, the largest volume of passengers served falls to domestic flights (about 88,6%).

The runways of Ankara Esenboga International Airport

The international air harbor has two runways at its disposal:

• Asphalt runway, the length of 3750 meters and the width of 45 meters;
• Asphalt runway, the length of 3750 meters and the width of 60 meters.

Due to this, Ankara Esenboga International Airport can serve aircraft of 1-4 class, including the largest passenger airplanes Airbus A380.

On the territory of the air harbor has several helicopter landing sites, which allows to serve helicopters of all types.

Infrastructure of Ankara Esenboga International Airport

Due to the fact that Ankara Esenboga International Airport serves more than 10 million passengers annually, the infrastructure is well developed here, in particular, in the territory of the air harbor you can find:

• ATMs, payment terminals and currency exchange offices;
• retail stores;
• Souvenir shops;
• Duty free shops;
• Shopping centers;
• Pharmacies;
• Room mother and child;
• Cafes, restaurants and public catering facilities;
• Post office;
• Ticket offices and airline representative offices;
• VIP service hall;
• Conference hall;
• Parking of motor transport;
• Parking of public transport and taxi;
• Luggage storage, etc.
• Places of temporary stay.

If necessary, you can find other required objects directly in the city.

How to get to Ankara Esenboga Airport?

Ankara Esenboga International Airport has excellent transport links with nearby cities and towns, in particular, to get to the air harbor, you can use either taxi services or public transport services (regular buses).

Basic data Airport, Ankara Esenboga:

• Airport Country: Turkey .
• International Airport of the Turkish capital.
• Year of the airport grounds: 1955.
• GMT time zone (summer / winter): + 3 / + 2.
• Latitude geographical 40.13, 33 geographical longitude.
• The number of airport terminals: 1.

The geographical location of the airport: on 28 kilometers towards the northeast of the city of Ankara.

Ankara Esenboga (Ankara Esenboga International Airport). Official site: www.esenbogaairport.com

The main airport codes:

• IATA airport code: ESB.
• ICAO airport code: LTAC.

Contact details:

• The mailing address of the airport: Ankara06970, Turkey.
• City Airport Management Phone: + 902124633000.
• City Airport Help Phone: + 903123980328.
• Airport Fax: + 903125904041.
• E. mail Airport: [email protected].
• Base airport airlines are airlines: Anadolu Jet (Anadolu Jet), Turkish Airlines (THY), Turkuaz Airlines (Turkuaz Airlines).

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