Balıkesir Merkez Airport

Balıkesir Merkez Havalimanı
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorGeneral Directorate of State Airports Authority
LocationBalıkesir, Turkey
Opened1998
Elevation AMSL340 ft / 104 m
Coordinates39°37′10″N 027°55′34″E / 39.61944°N 27.92611°E / 39.61944; 27.92611
Websitewww.dhmi.gov.tr
Map
BZI is located in Turkey
BZI
BZI
Location of airport in Turkey
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,990 9,810 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Balıkesir Airport (IATA: BZI, ICAO: LTBF) is a public/military airport in the city of Balıkesir, Turkey.[2] It's located within Balıkesir city center. Currently there are no available flights operated from the airport. The new terminal building opened in 2020.[3]

Military usage

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]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BZI airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 Airport information for LTBF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ "Proje Detayı". www.dhmi.gov.tr. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. ↑ Turkish Air Force Archived December 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Scramble
  5. ↑ William M. Arkin and Richard M. Fieldhouse, "Nuclear Battlefields," 1985, p233; Duke, USMF & Installations in Europe, 1989.



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