Balıkesir Airport Explained

Balıkesir Merkez Airport
Nativename:Balıkesir Merkez Havalimanı
Iata:BZI
Icao:LTBF
Pushpin Map:Turkey
Pushpin Mapsize:230
Pushpin Mark:Airplane_silhouette.svg
Pushpin Label:BZI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Turkey
Type:Public / Military
Operator:General Directorate of State Airports Authority
Location:Balıkesir, Turkey
Elevation-F:340
Elevation-M:104
Coordinates:39.6194°N 27.9261°W
Website:www.dhmi.gov.tr
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:2,990
R1-Length-F:9,810
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1]
Opened:1998

Balıkesir Airport is a public/military airport in the city center of Balıkesir, Turkey. No available flights operate from the airport. A new terminal building opened in 2020.[2]

Military usage

Balıkesir is home to the 9th Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Eskişehir (LTBI), Konya (LTAN), Ankara Akıncı (LTAE) and Bandırma (LTBG).[3]

TUSLOG Detachment 184 used to be stationed here during the Cold War, supporting any required nuclear strike operations by the 191 and 192 Filos with the Lockheed F-104G/S. Some 25 nuclear weapons were reportedly stored at the base.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for LTBF. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=LTBF. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Web site: Proje Detayı . 2022-10-22 . www.dhmi.gov.tr. tr.
  3. http://www.scramble.nl/tr.htm Turkish Air Force
  4. [William M. Arkin]