Non-stop flights to Ankara (ESB)
Esenboğa International Airport is a large airport in Turkey. It is an international airport. In total there are 80 airports around the world that have direct flights to Ankara, spread around 75 cities in 28 countries. Currently, there are 36 domestic flights to Ankara.
Ankara is mainly known for sightseeing & culture and its food & drinks.
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All direct flights to Ankara Top 200 flights with a stopover Airlines flying to Ankara Business Class flights Intercontinental flights International flights Domestic flights Alternative airports FAQThis month, there are 6,515 flights arriving at Ankara Airport, which are 217 flights per day or 9 flights per hour. On an average day, there is at least 1 flight arriving every 7 minutes.
The most frequently departed flights to Ankara are routes from Istanbul (IST) in Turkey and Istanbul (Sabiha) (SAW), also in Turkey. These two routes together are operated 1403 times this month, and make up for 22% of all monthly arrivals at Esenboğa International Airport.
The longest flight to Ankara ESB is departing from Almaty (ALA). This non-stop flight takes around 4 hours and 50 minutes and covers a distance of 1,401 miles (2,254 km).
List of all direct flights to Ankara
Below you can find a list of all cities and countries that have direct flights to Ankara, ordered by popularity.
Top 200 flights with a stopover
This list contains the 200 most popular airports from which flights depart that require just one stopover to get to Ankara.
Airlines flying to Ankara
Currently, there are 17 airlines that fly to Ankara. Most flights to Ankara are operated by AJet, as they connect 54 airports to ESB. That’s around 2 times as much as Pegasus, the second biggest airline in terms of operated flight routes to Ankara. Below you can find a list of airlines that operate most ESB flights:
Business class flights to Ankara
There are 9 airports that have flights to Ankara in Business Class. All airports that offer business class flights to ESB are listed below:
Intercontinental flights to Ankara
There are intercontinental flights to Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) from Europe, the Middle-East, Southern Asia and Central Asia, as of April 2024.
* Please note that there are no direct services from the United States, Canada, Southern America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, China, Japan, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia or Oceania.
Non-stop flights from Europe to Ankara
Pegasus, AJet and SunExpress have a significant network of flights from Europe to Ankara.
Pegasus: seasonal flights from Berlin (BER), Vienna (VIE), Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA), Hamburg (HAM), Stuttgart (STR), Krakow (KRK), Warsaw (WAW), Moscow Vnukovo (VKO), Stockholm (Arlanda) (ARN), London Stansted (STN), Podgorica (TGD) and Lisbon (LIS).
AJet: seasonal flights from Berlin (BER), Vienna (VIE), Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Stuttgart (STR), Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (BSL), Geneva (GVA), Stockholm (Arlanda) (ARN), London Stansted (STN), Belgrade (BEG) and Paris (CDG).
SunExpress: year-round flights from Berlin (BER), seasonal flights from Vienna (VIE), year-round flights from Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA), seasonal flights from Hamburg (HAM), year-round flights from Hanover (HAJ), Munich (MUC), Stuttgart (STR), seasonal flights from Zürich (ZRH), Stockholm (Arlanda) (ARN), year-round flights from Brussels (BRU) and Amsterdam (AMS).
Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance): seasonal flights from Berlin (BER), Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Stuttgart (STR), Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) and London Stansted (STN).
Air Serbia: year-round flights from Belgrade (BEG).
Air Albania: seasonal flights from Tirana (TIA).
Transavia: seasonal flights from Paris (Orly) (ORY).
Non-stop flights from the Middle-East / Western Asia to Ankara
Pegasus and AJet have a strong network of non-stop flights from the Middle-East.
Pegasus: seasonal flights from Ercan, Northern Cyprus (ECN), Tbilisi (TBS), Erbil (EBL), Amman (AMM), Jeddah (JED), Medina (MED), Antalya (AYT), Bodrum (BJV), Istanbul (Sabiha) (SAW), Izmir (ADB) and Tekirdağ (TEQ).
AJet: seasonal flights from Ercan, Northern Cyprus (ECN), Baghdad (BGW), Erbil (EBL), Adana (ADA), Adıyaman (ADF), Ağrı (AJI), Antalya (AYT), Batman (BAL), Bingöl (BGG), Bodrum (BJV), Canakkale (CKZ), Dalaman (DLM), Diyarbakır (DIY), Edremit / Balıkesir (EDO), Elazığ (EZS), Erzincan (ERC), Erzurum (ERZ), Gaziantep (GZT), Gazipaşa (GZP), Hakkari (YKO), Hatay (HTY), Iğdır (IGD), Istanbul (Sabiha) (SAW), Izmir (ADB), Kahramanmaraş (KCM), Kars (KSY), Malatya (MLX), Mardin (MQM), Muş (MSR), Ordu / Giresun (OGU), Samsun (SZF), Şanlıurfa (GNY), Sirnak (NKT), Trabzon (TZX), Van (VAN), Baku (GYD), Beirut (BEY) and Dubai (DXB).
Iraqi Airways: seasonal flights from Baghdad (BGW).
Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance): seasonal flights from Amman (AMM), Jeddah (JED), Medina (MED), year-round flights from Istanbul (IST) and seasonal flights from Siirt (SXZ).
Saudi Arabian (SkyTeam): seasonal flights from Jeddah (JED) and Medina (MED).
Azerbaijan: year-round flights from Baku (GYD).
Flydubai: year-round flights from Dubai (DXB).
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi: seasonal flights from Abu Dhabi (AUH).
Qatar Airways (Oneworld): year-round flights from Doha (DOH).
Non-stop flights from India / South Asia to Ankara
Pegasus: seasonal flights from Tehran (IKA).
Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance): seasonal flights from Tehran (IKA).
Mahan Air: seasonal flights from Tehran (IKA).
Ariana: seasonal flights from Kabul (KBL).
Non-stop flights from Central Asia to Ankara
Pegasus: seasonal flights from Almaty (ALA).
Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance): seasonal flights from Almaty (ALA).
AJet: seasonal flights from Bishkek (FRU) and Tashkent (TAS).
Uzbekistan Airways: seasonal flights from Tashkent (TAS).
International flights to Ankara
Flights from Afghanistan to Ankara
Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with direct flights to Ankara. From Kabul, direct flights are offered by Ariana. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in July.
Flights from Albania to Ankara
In Albania, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Tirana. From Tirana, direct flights are offered by Air Albania. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in September.
Flights from Austria to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Austria that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Vienna. From Vienna, direct flights are offered by AJet, Pegasus and SunExpress.
Flights from Azerbaijan to Ankara
In Azerbaijan, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Baku. From Baku, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Azerbaijan.
Flights from Belgium to Ankara
Brussels is the only city in Belgium with direct flights to Ankara. From Brussels, direct flights are offered by SunExpress.
Flights from Cyprus to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Cyprus that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Ercan, Northern Cyprus. From Ercan, Northern Cyprus, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from France to Ankara
There are 2 airports in France that have non-stop flights to Ankara.
From Paris, direct flights are offered by AJet. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Paris (Orly), the only airline with direct flights is Transavia. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Georgia to Ankara
Tbilisi is the only city in Georgia with direct flights to Ankara. From Tbilisi, direct flights are offered by Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Germany to Ankara
In Germany there are several airports with flights to Ankara (8 in total).
From Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, all direct flights to Ankara are operated by AJet, Pegasus, SunExpress and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).
From Hamburg, you can fly non-stop with Pegasus or SunExpress.
From Hanover, you can fly non-stop to Ankara with SunExpress.
From Munich, direct flights are offered by AJet, SunExpress and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).
From Stuttgart, there are 4 airlines that have direct services to Ankara, which are AJet, Pegasus, SunExpress and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).
Flights from Iran to Ankara
In Iran, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Tehran. From Tehran, direct flights are offered by Mahan Air, Pegasus and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Iraq to Ankara
If you are looking for a direct flight from Iraq to Ankara, there are 3 airports to choose from.
From Baghdad, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Iraqi Airways. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Erbil, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Kirkuk, you can fly non-stop to Ankara with Iraqi Airways. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Jordan to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Jordan that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Amman. From Amman, you can fly non-stop with Pegasus or Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Kazakhstan to Ankara
In Kazakhstan, there are 2 airports that have direct flights to Ankara.
From Almaty, you can fly non-stop with Pegasus or Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Astana, you can fly non-stop with Air Astana or Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Kyrgyzstan to Ankara
In Kyrgyzstan, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Bishkek. From Bishkek, direct flights are offered by AJet. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Lebanon to Ankara
Beirut is the only city in Lebanon with direct flights to Ankara. From Beirut, direct flights are offered by AJet. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Montenegro to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Montenegro that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Podgorica. From Podgorica, direct flights are offered by Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Netherlands to Ankara
Amsterdam is the only city in Netherlands with direct flights to Ankara. From Amsterdam, direct flights are offered by SunExpress.
Flights from Poland to Ankara
If you are looking for a direct flight from Poland to Ankara, there are 2 airports to choose from.
From Krakow and Warsaw, you can fly with Pegasus.
Flights from Portugal to Ankara
In Portugal, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Lisbon. From Lisbon, direct flights are offered by Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Qatar to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Qatar that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Doha. From Doha, direct flights are offered by Qatar Airways (Oneworld).
Flights from Russia to Ankara
In Russia, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Moscow Vnukovo. From Moscow Vnukovo, you can fly non-stop with Pegasus or Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Saudi Arabia to Ankara
There are 2 airports in Saudi Arabia that have non-stop flights to Ankara.
From Jeddah and Medina, you can fly with Pegasus, Saudi Arabian (SkyTeam) and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).
Flights from Serbia to Ankara
Belgrade is the only city in Serbia with direct flights to Ankara. From Belgrade, you can fly non-stop with Air Serbia or AJet.
Flights from Sweden to Ankara
There is 1 airport in Sweden that has a direct connection to Ankara, which is Stockholm (Arlanda). From Stockholm (Arlanda), direct flights are offered by AJet, Pegasus and SunExpress. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Switzerland to Ankara
In Switzerland, there are 3 airports that have direct flights to Ankara.
From Basel Mulhouse Freiburg and Geneva, you can fly with AJet.
From Zürich, you can fly non-stop to Ankara with SunExpress. This is a seasonal route that starts in May and ends in October.
Flights from United Arab Emirates to Ankara
There are 2 airports in United Arab Emirates that have non-stop flights to Ankara.
From Abu Dhabi, direct flights are offered by Wizz Air Abu Dhabi. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Dubai, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Flydubai.
Flights from United Kingdom to Ankara
London Stansted is the only city in United Kingdom with direct flights to Ankara. From London Stansted, direct flights are offered by AJet, Pegasus and Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Flights from Uzbekistan to Ankara
In Uzbekistan, the only airport that has a direct connection to Ankara is Tashkent. From Tashkent, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Uzbekistan Airways. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
Domestic flights to Ankara
Flights from Turkey to Ankara
There are lots of domestic flights to Ankara (ESB). 36 airports in Turkey have direct flights to the airport.
From Adana, Adıyaman and Ağrı, all direct flights to Ankara are operated by AJet.
From Antalya, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Batman and Bingöl, you can fly with AJet.
From Bodrum, you can fly non-stop with AJet or Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Canakkale, Dalaman, Diyarbakır, Edremit / Balıkesir, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Gazipaşa, Hakkari, Hatay and Iğdır, all direct flights to Ankara are operated by AJet.
From Istanbul, the only airline with direct flights is Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance).
From Istanbul (Sabiha) and Izmir, you can fly with AJet and Pegasus.
From Kahramanmaraş, Kars, Malatya, Mardin, Muş, Ordu / Giresun, Rize–Artvin, Samsun and Şanlıurfa, all direct flights to Ankara are operated by AJet.
From Siirt, the only airline with direct flights is Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance). This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Sirnak, you can fly non-stop to Ankara with AJet. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Tekirdağ, the only airline with direct flights is Pegasus. This is a seasonal route that starts in April and ends in October.
From Trabzon and Van, you can fly with AJet.
Alternative airports near Ankara
Flying to an alternative airport near Ankara could give you other options to reach your destination. For example, the possibility to fly with a different airline or alliance, or finding a cheaper airfare. For this reason, alternative airports near to Ankara (ESB) are listed below. The closest alternative airports are Kastamonu (KFS) and Zonguldak (ONQ).
Frequently asked questions - FAQ
How many airports are there in Ankara?
There is 1 airport in Ankara: Esenboğa International Airport (ESB).
What is the best airport to fly into Ankara?
The most convenient airport to fly into Ankara is Esenboğa International Airport (ESB).
How many airlines fly to Ankara?
There are 17 airlines flying to Ankara from 80 airports around the world, as of April 2024.
Which airlines fly to Ankara?
AJet, Pegasus and Turkish Airlines operate most flights to Ankara. To get a full overview of all operating airlines, please use the airline filter.
Which alliances are flying to Ankara?
Star Alliance, Oneworld and SkyTeam are all flying to Ankara.
How many nonstop flights are there to Ankara?
There are roughly 6,515 flights arriving at Ankara every month (or 1,519 flights each week), from a total of 80 airports worldwide.
What is the official name of Ankara Airport?
The official name of Ankara Airport is Esenboğa International Airport.
What is the airport code of Ankara Airport?
The airport code of Ankara Airport is ESB.
What are the most popular flights to Ankara?
Istanbul, Istanbul (Sabiha) and Izmir are the 3 most popular routes to Ankara. For a complete overview of all flight routes to Ankara, please use our flight map.
How long is the flight to Ankara?
| Istanbul to Ankara | 1h 25m |
| Istanbul (Sabiha) to Ankara | 1h 5m |
| Izmir to Ankara | 1h 15m |
| Antalya to Ankara | 1h 10m |
| Ercan, Northern Cyprus to Ankara | 1h 15m |
