Eskişehir Air Base should not be confused with Hasan Polatkan Airport.
Eskişehir Air Base | |
Nativename: | Eskişehir Hava Üssü |
Iata: | ESK |
Icao: | LTBI |
Pushpin Map: | Turkey |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of air base in Turkey |
Pushpin Label: | ESK |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Military |
Owner: | Turkish Air Force |
Operator: | 1st Air Wing, 1st Air Force Command |
Location: | Eskişehir, Turkey |
Elevation-F: | 2,581 |
Elevation-M: | 787 |
Coordinates: | 39.7839°N 30.5819°W |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 3,050 |
R1-Length-F: | 10,006 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Eskişehir Air Base (tr|Eskişehir Hava Üssü) is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir Air Base is home to the 1st Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanlığı) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Konya (LTAN), Ankara Akıncı (LTAE), Bandırma (LTBG) and Balıkesir (LTBF).[2] The 1st Air Wing operates two squadrons (filo) of F-4E Phantoms from this airbase. These are 111 Filo and 112 Filo. 113 Filo, operating RF-4Es, has been disbanded.