Eskişehir Air Base

Not to be confused with Hasan Polatkan Airport.

Eskişehir Air Base (Turkish: Eskişehir Hava Üssü) (IATA: ESK, ICAO: LTBI) is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.^[2]

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
Map
ESK Location of air base in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,050 10,006 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][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

• Hasan Polatkan Airport

References

1. "Airport information for LTBI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
2. Airport information for LTBI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. Scramble on the Web - Turkish Air Force (Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine)
4. "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