Samandıra Army Air Base Explained

Samandıra Army Air Base
Nativename:Samandıra Kara Hava Üssü
Icao:LTBX
Pushpin Map:Turkey
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Turkey
Pushpin Label:Istanbul
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Military
Owner:Turkish Army
City-Served:Istanbul, Turkey
Location:Samandıra, Istanbul
Elevation-F:403.5
Elevation-M:123
Coordinates:40.9928°N 29.2156°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-F:4,500
R1-Length-M:1,372
R1-Surface:concrete
R2-Number:18/36
R2-Length-F:2,506
R2-Length-M:764
R2-Surface:concrete
Footnotes:[1]

Samandıra Army Air Base, (Turkish: Samandıra Kara Hava Üssü) is a military airport of the Turkish Army located in Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The air base is home to 4th Army Aviation Regiment of the Turkish First Army.

The facility is situated within the Gen. İsmail Hakkı Tunaboylu Barracks just north of the Anatolian Motorway . Two helicopter squadrons are stationed at the army air base, each operating ten UH-1H Iroquois and ten UH-60A Black Hawk. In addition, eight UH-1H and three Cessna T182TSkylane are available for use to the HQ of the regiment.[2]

Other airports in Istanbul

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THK Istanbul-Samandıra (LTBX) . Scramble . January 17, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101003144137/http://www.scramble.nl/mil/4/thk/orbat.htm#LTBX . October 3, 2010 .
  2. Web site: Turkish Army . Ole Nikolajsen . January 17, 2009 .