Ankara Airport (ESB)
Ankara Esenboğa International Airport averages 142 flights per day to 78 destinations, with 31 domestic and 47 international routes. A total of 19 airlines operate at ESB, led by AJet. This airport provides direct service to 32 countries across three continents, with a route network dominated by domestic flights and Germany as its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from Ankara connects to Almaty, with a typical flight time of 4 hrs 45 mins.
- Destinations
- 78 (31 domestic · 47 international)
- Flights per day
- 142 (97 domestic · 46 international)
- Busiest Route
- Istanbul (SAW) (19/day)
- Longest Direct Flight
- Almaty 4 hrs 45 mins
- Shortest Flight
- Konya 1 hr 10 mins
- Top Airline
- AJet (59 routes)
- Top Country
- Turkey (97 flights/day)
- Longest Runway
- 12,333 ft / 3,759 m
Weather in Ankara
78 Destinations from Ankara Airport (ESB)
This week, 78 active routes depart from Ankara International Airport. The busiest route connects Ankara with Istanbul (SAW) and is operated by 3 airlines. The longest nonstop flight is to Almaty, and the shortest flight is to Konya.
All Destinations
| Flights | Destination | Route | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Istanbul (SAW) |
ESB → SAW
1 hr 15 mins |
AJet, flynas, Pegasus3 |
| 18 | Istanbul (IST) |
ESB → IST
1 hr 25 mins |
Turkish Airlines1 |
| 11 | İzmir |
ESB → ADB
1 hr 35 mins |
AJet, Pegasus2 |
| 8 | Nicosia |
ESB → ECN
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet, Pegasus2 |
| 7 | Antalya |
ESB → AYT
1 hr 20 mins |
AJet, Pegasus2 |
| 4 | Trabzon |
ESB → TZX
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3 | Van |
ESB → VAN
1 hr 45 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3 | Gaziantep |
ESB → GZT
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3 | Adana |
ESB → COV
1 hr 20 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3 | Baku |
ESB → GYD
2 hrs 20 mins |
AJet, AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines, Pegasus3 |
| 3 | Erzurum |
ESB → ERZ
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3 | Jeddah |
ESB → JED
3 hrs 25 mins |
Air Stork, AJet, Freebird Airlines, Pegasus4 |
| 2 | Diyarbakır |
ESB → DIY
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Elazığ |
ESB → EZS
1 hr 20 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Medina |
ESB → MED
3 hrs 10 mins |
Air Stork, AJet, Pegasus, Turkish Airlines4 |
| 2 | Rize |
ESB → RZV
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Düsseldorf |
ESB → DUS
3 hrs 30 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 2 | Şanlıurfa |
ESB → GNY
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Gülyalı |
ESB → OGU
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Batman |
ESB → BAL
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2 | Bodrum |
ESB → BJV
1 hr 35 mins |
AJet, Pegasus2 |
| 2 | Frankfurt-am-Main |
ESB → FRA
3 hrs 20 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 2 | London |
ESB → STN
3 hrs 50 mins |
AJet, FAI rent-a-jet, Pegasus3 |
| 2 | Vienna |
ESB → VIE
2 hrs 45 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 2 | Sirnak | ESB → — | AJet1 |
| 1 | Baghdad |
ESB → BGW
2 hrs 40 mins |
AJet, I A W, Pegasus3 |
| 1 | Dubai |
ESB → DXB
4 hrs |
AJet, flydubai, Pegasus3 |
| 1 | Malatya |
ESB → MLX
1 hr 20 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Adıyaman |
ESB → ADF
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Arbil |
ESB → EBL
2 hrs |
AJet, Pegasus2 |
| 1 | Çanakkale |
ESB → CKZ
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Hatay |
ESB → HTY
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Kahramanmaraş |
ESB → KCM
1 hr 20 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Mardin |
ESB → MQM
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Moscow |
ESB → VKO
3 hrs 45 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Munich |
ESB → MUC
3 hrs |
Sun Express1 |
| 1 | Stuttgart |
ESB → STR
3 hrs 15 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 1 | Tehran | ESB → IKA | AJet, Gp aviation, Mahan Air3 |
| 1 | Belgrade |
ESB → BEG
2 hrs 10 mins |
Air Serbia, AJet2 |
| 1 | Iğdır |
ESB → IGD
1 hr 35 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Kars |
ESB → KSY
1 hr 35 mins |
AJet1 |
| 1 | Muş |
ESB → MSR
1 hr 45 mins |
AJet1 |
| 6/week | Amsterdam |
ESB → AMS
3 hrs 35 mins |
AJet, Sun Express2 |
| 6/week | Berlin |
ESB → BER
4 hrs 10 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 5/week | Amman |
ESB → AMM
2 hrs 55 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Undefined3 |
| 5/week | Cologne |
ESB → CGN
3 hrs 10 mins |
AJet, Pegasus, Sun Express3 |
| 5/week | Doha |
ESB → DOH
3 hrs 20 mins |
Qatar Airways1 |
| 5/week | Erzincan |
ESB → ERC
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 5/week | Tbilisi |
ESB → TBS
1 hr 50 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Barcelona |
ESB → BCN
3 hrs 40 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Bingöl |
ESB → BGG
1 hr 30 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Cairo |
ESB → CAI
2 hrs 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Damascus |
ESB → DAM
2 hrs 20 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Kirkuk |
ESB → KIK
2 hrs |
I A W1 |
| 4/week | Lisbon |
ESB → LIS
4 hrs 30 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 4/week | Madrid |
ESB → MAD
4 hrs 5 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Paris |
ESB → CDG
4 hrs 15 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Samsun |
ESB → SZF
1 hr 10 mins |
AJet1 |
| 4/week | Tashkent | ESB → TAS | AJet, Uzbekistan Airways2 |
| 3/week | Almaty |
ESB → ALA
4 hrs 45 mins |
AJet1 |
| 3/week | Bishkek | ESB → BSZ | AJet1 |
| 3/week | Warsaw |
ESB → WAW
2 hrs 30 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 2/week | Astana |
ESB → NQZ
4 hrs 5 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2/week | Beirut |
ESB → BEY
2 hrs 50 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2/week | Brussels |
ESB → BRU
3 hrs 35 mins |
Sun Express1 |
| 2/week | Çorlu |
ESB → TEQ
1 hr 35 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 2/week | Dalaman |
ESB → DLM
1 hr 25 mins |
AJet1 |
| 2/week | Kabul | ESB → KBL | Ariana Afghan Airlines1 |
| 2/week | Kraków |
ESB → KRK
18 hrs 50 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 2/week | Podgorica |
ESB → TGD
2 hrs 15 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 2/week | Sharm el Sheikh |
ESB → SSH
2 hrs 40 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 1/week | Copenhagen |
ESB → CPH
3 hrs 35 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 1/week | Hamburg |
ESB → HAM
3 hrs 15 mins |
Pegasus1 |
| 1/week | Hanover |
ESB → HAJ
3 hrs 10 mins |
Sun Express1 |
| 1/week | Konya |
ESB → KYA
1 hr 10 mins |
Turkish Airlines1 |
| 1/week | Limerick city |
ESB → SNN
4 hrs 30 mins |
Silk Way Airlines1 |
| 1/week | Münster |
ESB → FMO
3 hrs 25 mins |
Sun Express1 |
| 1/week | Zurich |
ESB → ZRH
3 hrs 15 mins |
Sun Express1 |
Airlines
Ankara International Airport is served by 19 airlines, with AJet in the lead at 50% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 83% of routes. 13 carriers operate only one route each. A total of 18 airlines operate international routes, compared with 4 serving domestic routes. AJet is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Almaty with a flight time of 4 hrs 45 mins.
- AJet59 routes
- Pegasus27 routes
- Sun Express12 routes
- Turkish Airlines3 routes
- Air Stork2 routes
- I A W2 routes
- flynas1 route
- AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines1 route
- Freebird Airlines1 route
- FAI rent-a-jet1 route
- flydubai1 route
- Gp aviation1 route
- Mahan Air1 route
- Air Serbia1 route
- Undefined1 route
- Qatar Airways1 route
- Uzbekistan Airways1 route
- Ariana Afghan Airlines1 route
- Silk Way Airlines1 route
Ankara International Airport provides direct service to 32 countries across three continents. The route network is 40% domestic and 60% international, with Düsseldorf, Germany serving as the primary international destination.
- Turkey97/day
- Germany8/day
- Cyprus8/day
- Saudi Arabia5/day
- Iraq3/day
- Azerbaijan3/day
- United Kingdom2/day
- Austria2/day
- United Arab Emirates1/day
- Russia1/day
- Iran1/day
- Spain1/day
- Serbia1/day
- Netherlands6/week
- Egypt6/week
- Kazakhstan5/week
- Poland5/week
- Jordan5/week
- Qatar5/week
- Georgia5/week
- Syria4/week
- Portugal4/week
- France4/week
- Uzbekistan4/week
- Kyrgyzstan3/week
- Lebanon2/week
- Belgium2/week
- Afghanistan2/week
- Montenegro2/week
- Denmark1/week
- Ireland1/week
- Switzerland1/week
Global Rankings of Ankara Airport (ESB)
This snapshot shows how Ankara Airport (ESB) ranks globally across multiple operational and network dimensions. Rankings reflect relative position worldwide across destination breadth, flight volume, scheduling density, and long-haul reach.
Destinations
Measures how broadly the airport connects distinct endpoints across its route network.
- #197 – Total Destination Count (Network breadth)
- #265 – Domestic Destination Count
- #156 – International Destination Count
Flights & Scheduling
Reflects flight volume and how intensively runway infrastructure is scheduled.
- #179 – Total Flight Count (Operational intensity)
- #152 – Domestic Flight Count
- #189 – International Flight Count
- #221 – Flights per Runway (Scheduling density)
Distance & Reach
Highlights long-haul connectivity and how distance is distributed across flights and runways.
- #243 – Total Distance Flown (Global reach)
- #849 – Distance per Flight (Route profile)
- #291 – Distance per Runway (Long-haul leverage)
4 Runways at Ankara Airport (ESB)
| Name | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03R | 12,333 ft · 3,759 m | 200 ft · 61 m | Asphalt |
| 21L | 12,333 ft · 3,759 m | 200 ft · 61 m | Asphalt |
| 03L | 11,161 ft · 3,402 m | 148 ft · 45 m | Concrete |
| 21R | 11,161 ft · 3,402 m | 148 ft · 45 m | Concrete |
The runways at this airport are long enough to accomodate all aircraft.