| Eskişehir Air Base Eskişehir Hava Üssü | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| IATA: ESK – ICAO: LTBI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Owner | Turkish Air Force | ||
| Operator | 1st Air Wing, 1st Air Force Command | ||
| Location | Eskişehir, Turkey | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,581 ft / 787 m | ||
| Coordinates | 39°47′02″N 030°34′55″E / 39.78389°N 30.58194°ECoordinates: 39°47′02″N 030°34′55″E / 39.78389°N 30.58194°E | ||
| Map | |||
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: -129.6%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> ESK | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 09/27 | 3,050 | 10,006 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Eskişehir Air Base (Turkish: Eskişehir Hava Üssü) (IATA: ESK, ICAO: LTBI) is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.[2]
Military usage[]
Eskişehir Air Base is home to the 1st Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanlığı) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Konya (LTAN), Ankara Akıncı (LTAE), Bandırma (LTBG) and Balıkesir (LTBF).[3] The 1st Air Wing operates two squadrons (filo) of F-4E Phantoms from this airbase. These are 111 Filo and 112 Filo. 113 Filo, operating RF-4Es, has been disbanded.
Accidents and incidents[]
- On 1 August 1994, Douglas C-47A 6041 of Turkish Air Force was written off after an accident at Eskişehir Air Base.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "Airport information for LTBI". http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=LTBI. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Airport information for LTBI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Scramble on the Web - Turkish Air Force (Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.)
- ↑ "6041 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940801-1.
External links[]
- Accident history for ESK at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for LTBI at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for LTBI at NOAA/National Weather Service
The original article can be found at Eskişehir Air Base and the edit history here.