Ankara EsenboÃÂa Airport is an international airport of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In 2025, the airport served more than 13 million passengers, 10 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 4th in terms of total passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Antalya Airport), 3rd in terms of domestic passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport) among airports in Turkey as well as being the 13th busiest airport in the Middle East.
The airport is located northeast of Ankara, from the city center.
The name of the airport comes from the village of EsenboÃÂa, which literally means "Windflowing Bull" or "Serene Bull", the modernized form of Isen Buqa, the name of a Turkic warlord in the army of Timur who settled his troops here during the Battle of Ankara in 1402.
EsenboÃÂa International Airport was awarded the best airport in Europe by ACI Europe (Airport Council International), the award was presented to airport officials on 17 June 2009 in Manchester. The award is given in 4 categories every year and EsenboÃÂa was in the 5âÂÂ10 million per annum category. It is the first time an ACI award was granted to a Turkish Airport. 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." In 2020, EsenboÃÂa Airport was awarded as the best European airport with a capacity of 15 â 25 million passengers by Airports Council International.
A new parallel runway is under construction to the east of the terminal building. Upon completion, the current runway 03R/21L will be resigned as 03C/21C and the new runway will receive the latter's former designation.
Esenboga Airport Domestic and International Terminal was constructed under the "Build-Operate-Transfer" model. The current Terminal, which went into operation on 16 October 2006, had a capacity of 10 million passengers, with . A new general aviation terminal of was opened in January 2012 to service private aircraft.
The new terminal, opened in 2006, is in area, with a 10,000,000 per year passenger capacity, 18 air bridges, 105 check-in counters, 34 passport counters, a parking facility of with a 4,000 vehicles capacity.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ankara EsenboÃÂa Airport:
A metro line is planned for Ankara EsenboÃÂa Airport. The new metro line will connect the airport and Yñldñrñm Beyazñt University to the city's central rail network. The line will be a fully automated metro system, running underground.
The airport is connected with Kñzñlay (the city center) and Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal (Turkish: Ankara à Âehirlerarasñ Terminal ðà Âletmesi, Aà ÂTð) by EGO city bus number 442 (from 6 am to 11pm). Transportation to the city center is also by taxi and through the Havaà  bus line. The road between EsenboÃÂa 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.