Balıkesir Airport (IATA: BZI, ICAO: LTBF) is a public/military airport in the city center of Balıkesir, Turkey.[2] No available flights operate from the airport. A new terminal building opened in 2020.[3]
Balıkesir Merkez Airport Balıkesir Merkez Havalimanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||
| Operator | General Directorate of State Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Balıkesir, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 340 ft / 104 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°37′10″N 027°55′34″E / 39.61944°N 27.92611°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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  BZI Location of airport in Turkey | |||||||||||
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Military usage
editBalıkesir 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).[4]
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.[5]
Statistics
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Airport information for LTBF". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ a b Airport information for LTBF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Proje Detayı". www.dhmi.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Turkish Air Force Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Scramble
- ^ William M. Arkin and Richard M. Fieldhouse, "Nuclear Battlefields," 1985, p233; Duke, USMF & Installations in Europe, 1989.
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