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]