Eskişehir Air Base
Eskişehir Air Base Eskişehir Hava Üssü | |||||||||||
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| 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°E | ||||||||||
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ESK Location of air base in Turkey | |||||||||||
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| 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]
See also
References
- ^ "Airport information for LTBI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ a b "Airport information for LTBI". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Scramble on the Web - Turkish Air Force (Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "6041 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
External links
- Accident history for ESK at Aviation Safety Network
- "Airport information for LTBI" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- "Current weather for LTBI". NOAA/NWS.