Esenboğa International Airport

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Esenboğa International Airport Esenboğa Uluslararası Havalimanı
IATA: ESB – ICAO: LTAC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		TAV. Airport Management
Location		Ankara
Elevation AMSL		3,125 ft / 953 m
Coordinates		40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E / 40.12806°N 32.995°E / 40.12806; 32.995 (Esenboğa International Airport)Coordinates: 40°07′41″N 032°59′42″E / 40.12806°N 32.995°E / 40.12806; 32.995 (Esenboğa International Airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03R/21L	3,750	12,303	Asphalt
03L/21R	3,750	12,303	Asphalt
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) east^[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 "healthy bull".

In 2008, ESB served 5,692,133 passengers, 4,444,311 of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 3rd in terms of total passenger traffic, 2nd in terms of domestic traffic and 7th in terms of international traffic among airports in Turkey.^[2]

Esenboga 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 Esenboga was in 5-10 million per annum category. It is the first time an ACI award was granted to a Turkish Airport.^[3] 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

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Esenboğa Int'l Airport

Location of Esenboğa International Airport

The airport is located northeast of Ankara, 28 km (17 mi) from the center. Transportation to the city center is by taxi (around TRY 45 one way, metered) and through the Havaş bus line (approximately TRY 11 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.

The New Domestic and International Terminals have the properties as set below:

• 168,000 m² (1,808,337 sq ft) area,
• 10.000.000 passenger/year capacity,
• 18 ea. passenger bridge,
• 105 check-in counters,
• 34 passport counters,
• Parking Facility with 123,000 m² (1,323,961 sq ft) area and 4,000 vehicle capacity

Esenboga Airport New Terminal

Alternate space shuttle landing site

Esenboğa Airport has been designated as one of the emergency landing sites for NASA's Space Shuttle.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Traffic Statistics

The new Ankara International Airport

(*) Preliminary data. Source: DHMI.gov.tr^[2]

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

Notes

External links

• 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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