Balıkesir Airport
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 | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Website | www.dhmi.gov.tr | ||||||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||||||||||
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]
Military usage
[edit | edit source]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).[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]
Traffic statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year (months) | Domestic | % change | International | % change | Total | % change |
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| 2015 | 286 | Decrease 46% | - | - | 286 | Decrease 46% |
| 2014 | 534 | Decrease 81% | - | - | 534 | Decrease 81% |
| 2013 | 2,876 | Decrease 75% | - | - | 2,876 | Decrease 75% |
| 2012 | 11,573 | Increase 73% | - | - | 11,573 | Increase 73% |
| 2011 | 6,674 | - | - | - | 6,674 | - |
| 2010 | - | Decrease 100% | - | - | - | Decrease 100% |
| 2009 | 256 | - | - | - | 256 | - |
| 2008 | - | Decrease 100% | - | - | - | Decrease 100% |
| 2007 | 1,313 | - | - | - | 1,313 | - |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ a b Airport information for LTBF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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