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Eskişehir Airport

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
2,581 ft / 787 m

3,050
  
10,006

Elevation
  
2,579 m

Location
  
Eskişehir, Turkey

09/27
  
3,050

Code
  
ESK

Owner
  
Turkish Air Force

Eskişehir Airport

Operator
  
1st Air Wing, 1st Air Force Command

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

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Military usage

Eskişehir Airport 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).

Accidents and incidents

  • On 1 August 1994, Douglas C-47A 6041 of Turkish Air Force was written off in an accident at Eskişehir Airport.

    • References

    Eskişehir Airport Wikipedia
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