Uraloğlu: Esenboğa Airport's Passenger Capacity Set to Increase to 30 Million
Foreks - The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, announced that they have reached the final stages of the first phase of the Esenboğa Airport capacity expansion, stating, “We plan to complete the third runway along with the new control tower building and service buildings, which will increase passenger capacity to 30 million, by the first quarter of 2025.”
Minister Uraloğlu made a statement regarding the ongoing capacity enhancement works at Esenboğa Airport. He informed that they have made significant progress in the modernization project, which was initiated in two phases to ensure that Esenboğa Airport can efficiently handle the increasing passenger and aircraft traffic, and added, “We have achieved 98% physical progress in the works initiated as part of the first phase.”
The Third Runway Will Increase Passenger Capacity to 30 Million
While providing information about the first phase of the Esenboğa Airport works, Minister Uraloğlu remarked, “We have reached the completion stage of the construction of the third runway, which will increase our airport capacity to 30 million passengers, in line with our efforts to meet the needs of the modern era and provide our capital, Ankara, with a facility befitting a world capital. Our new runway will be ready for service after the strip works and regulations are completed.”
Targeting the First Quarter of 2025
Highlighting that they have largely completed the construction of new service buildings, Minister Uraloğlu stated, “We aim to finish the third runway, Technical Block, ARFF Station, DHMI Special Purpose Vehicle Garage and Flight Control Hangar Building, Heat Center and Water Storage, Aircraft Wastewater Treatment Facility, Special Lighting Systems Maintenance Building, Cargo Development Areas, Cargo Apron, Connecting Taxiways, Customs Directorate Building, and parking lots by the first quarter of 2025.”
The Terminal Building Will Expand to 40 Thousand Square Meters
Minister Uraloğlu noted that they had previously increased the capacity of Esenboğa Airport to 20 million passengers, but this is now insufficient. He continued his remarks as follows:
“With the investments we have made in aviation, air travel has become accessible to the public. Our citizens have started to prefer air travel more frequently during their journeys. While continuing to build new airports, we are also modernizing our existing airports to meet contemporary needs. With the commencement of the second phase of capacity expansion works at Esenboğa Airport, we will expand the terminal building to 40,000 square meters. With the third runway and a larger terminal building, our airport will be able to respond much more comfortably to increasing passenger traffic.”