İskenderun, TR 🇹🇷 Closed Airport
TR-0297
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25 ft
TR-31
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 36.574455° N, 36.153419° E
Continent: AS
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: Antakya Antioch LTAK ISK
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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07/25 |
3806 ft | 98 ft | ASP | Active |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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| APP | INCIRLIK APP | 118.0 MHz |
A precise public date for the cessation of civilian operations is not available. The airfield was gradually and fully integrated into the expanding military base during the mid-to-late 20th century, likely ceasing any public or civil function by the 1970s or 1980s.
The airfield was not closed in a traditional sense but was fully converted for military use. Its location on the coast was strategically vital for the Turkish Armed Forces, leading to its complete absorption into what is now the İskenderun Naval Base and adjacent army barracks. This was a military conversion, not a closure due to economic reasons, lack of traffic, or an accident.
The site is an active and integral part of the İskenderun Naval Base Command (İskenderun Deniz Üs Komutanlığı), a major base for the Turkish Navy, and the adjacent Şükrü Kanatlı Barracks, which houses elements of the Turkish Army's 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade. The former runway is still clearly identifiable on satellite imagery but is now used as a military parade ground, vehicle marshalling area, equipment storage, and for logistical and training purposes. It is not used for regular fixed-wing aircraft operations, though it may be used by military helicopters.
Prior to its full military conversion, İskenderun Airport was a small, local airfield. It primarily handled general aviation, private flights, and potentially agricultural aviation (crop dusting), serving the city of İskenderun before the construction of the regional Hatay Airport (HTY). Its historical significance as a civilian facility is minor and is now completely overshadowed by its long-standing and ongoing role as a key military installation on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
There are zero plans or prospects for reopening the site as a civilian airport. It is a critical, high-security military installation central to the Turkish Navy's Mediterranean presence. The civil aviation needs of the Hatay province are served by Hatay Airport (IATA: HTY, ICAO: LTDA), making a new airport at this location in İskenderun redundant and strategically unfeasible.
Reply to @dmomper: It appears so.
I think this airport may be closed, can anybody else please verify?
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You are completely wrong.
For sure it is Turkey.
It is absolutely Turkey