Eskişehir Air Base

Coordinates: 39°47′02″N 030°34′55″E / 39.78389°N 30.58194°E

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Eskişehir Air Base

Eskişehir Hava Üssü

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°E

Map

ESK

Location of air base in Turkey

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
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". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
^ ^a ^b Airport information for LTBI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^ 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 at Great Circle Mapper.
Current weather for LTBI at NOAA/NWS

Airports in Turkey

International

Major	Ankara Antalya Istanbul Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen İzmir
Minor	Alanya–Gazipaşa Balıkesir–Edremit Bursa Dalaman Denizli Diyarbakır Elazığ Erzurum Eskişehir–Hasan Polatkan Gaziantep Isparta Kayseri Konya Kütahya Malatya Mersin–Adana Milas–Bodrum Ordu–Giresun Rize–Artvin Samsun Trabzon Zonguldak

Domestic

Unscheduled

Under construction

Statistics

Eskişehir Province

Settlements

Center city	Eskişehir
Districts (İlçe)	Odunpazarı Tepebaşı Alpu Beylikova Çifteler Günyüzü Han İnönü Mahmudiye Mihalgazi Mihalıççık Sarıcakaya Seyitgazi Sivrihisar
All settlements	List of populated places in Eskişehir Province

Culture

Universities	Anadolu University Eskişehir Osmangazi University
Museums etc.	Eskişehir Aviation Museum Eskişehir Caricature Museum Eskişehir Eti Archaeology Museum Eskişehir Independence Museum Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum Modern Glass Art Museum Museum of woodworking Tayfun Talipoğlu Typewriter Museum Tülomsaş Museum Yılmaz Büyükerşen Wax Museum İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum
Monuments	Monument of Sivrihisar Airplane

Buildings and structures

Modern	Sazova Park Eskişehir Zoo
Mosques	Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex Reşadiye Mosque Sivrihisar Grand Mosque
Churches	Holy Trinity Church
Dams	Beylikova Dam Gökçekaya Dam Kargı Dam Porsuk Dam Yenice Dam
Industry and mining	Tülomsaş Meerschaum (Sepiolite)
Transportation	Anadolu Airport Eskişehir Airport Alpu Railway Station Enveriye Railway Station Eskişehir Railway Station High Speed railway Eskişehir-Afyon Regional
Sports venues	New Eskişehir Stadium

Geographical features
Sakarya River Porsuk River Gürleyik Waterfall

Eskişehir Province

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