Live flights over Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 16 departures and 78 arrivals at Esenboğa International Airport, 47 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Tymbou (ECN), Düsseldorf (DUS) and Istanbul (IST). The airline seen most often is AJet.
Airport data
- IATA code
- ESB
- ICAO code
- LTAC
- City
- Ankara
- Region
- Ankara Province
- Country
- Türkiye
- Elevation
- 953 m (3,125 ft)
- Coordinates
- 40.1281, 32.9951
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Esenboğa International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Ankara.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Sat 24 | 12 | 51 | 63 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Tymbou ECN Cyprus 9 flights
- Düsseldorf DUS Germany 4 flights
- Istanbul IST 3 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 2 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 2 flights
- Paris CDG France 2 flights
- Vienna VIE Austria 2 flights
- Berlin BER Germany 1 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 1 flights
- London, Essex STN United Kingdom 1 flights
- Geneva GVA Switzerland 1 flights
- Trabzon TZX 1 flights
- Dubai DXB United Arab Emirates 1 flights
Airlines
- AJetTKJ 50
- Pegasus AirlinesPGT 15
- Turkish AirlinesTHY 11
- SunExpressSXS 3
- FlydubaiFDB 1
- HMZHMZ 1
- Iraqi AirwaysIAW 1
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 25
- Boeing 737-800 B738 24
- Airbus A320neo A20N 14
- Airbus A320 A320 9
- Airbus A321neo A21N 4
- Boeing 737-900 B739 3
- GLF4 3
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Esenboğa International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/40.1281/lon/32.9951/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Ankara right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Esenboğa International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Ankara: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of ESB, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Esenboğa International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were AJet, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, SunExpress and Flydubai.
What are the main connections from Esenboğa International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Tymbou (ECN, 9), Düsseldorf (DUS, 4), Istanbul (IST, 3), Munich (MUC, 2) and Madrid (MAD, 2). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Ankara? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Esenboğa International Airport? +
Esenboğa International Airport has IATA code ESB and ICAO code LTAC. It lies in Ankara Province, Türkiye, at coordinates 40.1281, 32.9951.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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