Ankara Esenboga International Airport

Introduction

Ankara's Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is located 28 kilometres from the centre of Ankara. Turkish Airlines has a secondary hub at the airport and is the dominant airline. Condor Airlines, BMI, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa are among a handful of international airlines that serve the airport.

For more information about other airports throughout the world, also see the list of airports.

Getting there and away

The airport is connected with the city centre and Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal by EGO city bus number 442 (from 6:00am to 11:00pm). Transportation to the city center is also by taxi. A taxi ride to the city's centre costs 80 YTL or more one way. Alternatively, Havaş airport buses cost 10 YTL (US$8/€6) and take about 45 minutes to make the journey. Many consider the buses more comfortable than the taxis!

Airlines, Destinations and Terminals

For more information about airlines, also see the list of airlines and the details about flying with budget airlines.

• Amsterdam Airlines - Amsterdam, Maastricht
• Anadolujet Domestic - Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Antalya, Balıkesir-Körfez, Batman, Bodrum, Bursa-Yenisehir, Dalaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kars, Malatya, Mardin, Muş, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon, Van; International - Amsterdam, Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Ercan, Frankfurt, Moscow-Domodedovo, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tehran-İmam Khomeini, Vienna
• Ariana Afghan Airlines - Kandahar, Kabul
• Atlasjet - Ercan, London-Stansted
• Azerbaijan Airlines - Baku
• Borajet - İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Siirt, Van, Antalya-Gazipaşa, Balıkesir-Körfez, Bursa-Yenişehir,
• Corendon Airlines - Amsterdam, Billund, Brussels, Copenhagen
• Germania - Berlin-Tegel, Hamburg, Hannover
• Germanwings - Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart
• Hamburg International - Munich, Stuttgart
• Iran Air - Tehran-Imam Khomeini
• Libyan Airlines - Tripoli
• Lufthansa German Airlines - Munich
• Pegasus Airlines Domestic - Diyarbakır, Erzurum, İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon, Van; International - Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Stuttgrat, Vienna
• Pegasus operated by IZair - İzmir, Bodrum
• Qatar Airways - Doha
• Sky Airlines - Antalya, Geneva, Hamburg
• Turkish Airlines Domestic - İstanbul-Atatürk, İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen; International - Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
• XL Airways Germany - Frankfurt

Keeping connected