Çiğli Air Base Explained

Çiğli Air Base
Nativename:Turkish: Çiğli Hava Üssü
Iata:IGL
Icao:LTBL
Pushpin Map:Turkey#NATO
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Turkey
Pushpin Label:LTBL
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Military
Owner:Turkish Air Force
Location:Çiğli, İzmir, Turkey
Elevation-F:16
Elevation-M:5
Coordinates:38.5128°N 27.01°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-M:2,994
R1-Length-F:9,821
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1]

Çiğli Air Base (Turkish: Çiğli Hava Üssü) is a military airport near Çiğli, a metropolitan district of the city of İzmir in İzmir Province, Turkey.

It served as İzmir's airport until the opening of the Adnan Menderes Airport, situated south of the metropolitan area.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 16feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 2993m×45mm (9,820feet×148feetm).

References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)