Geçitkale Air Base

Geçitkale Air Base
Summary
Elevation AMSL 143 ft / 44 m
Coordinates 35°14′00″N 33°43′58″E / 35.23333°N 33.73278°E / 35.23333; 33.73278Coordinates: 35°14′00″N 33°43′58″E / 35.23333°N 33.73278°E / 35.23333; 33.73278
Map
GEC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 9,350 2,850 Composite

Geçitkale Air Base or Lefkoniko Airport[3] (IATA: GEC, ICAO: LCGK) is a military airfield of the Turkish Air Force near Lefkoniko (Turkish: Geçitkale) in Northern Cyprus. Construction was completed around 1990. During the renovation of the Ercan International Airport between September 2002 and May 2004, it served as Northern Cyprus' primary civilian airport.[4] Geçitkale's unofficial ICAO code is LCGK.[5]

In the summer of 1998, amid rising tensions between Greece and Turkey, Turkey briefly stationed six F-16s at Geçitkale, in response to the former's positioning of four F-16s and two Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Paphos.[6] Combat aircraft last visited the airport in November 2000.[7] Bought by Asil Nadir.

Aerodrome characteristics

Geçitkale's only runway, 9/27, measures 2,850 m (9,350 ft) in length and 45 m (148 ft) wide. In addition, there is a 285 m (935 ft) long stopway on either end. The airport is equipped with a VOR/DME and an NDB station.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "LCGK - Gecitkale/Gazimagosa International Airport". Skyvector.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nadir wins Lefkoniko airport contract". Cyprus Mail. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Ercan Havaalanı 10 Mayıs'ta açılıyo" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "AD 2 – Gecitkale" (PDF). TRNC AIP. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Clogg, Richard (2013). A Concise History of Greece (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 229.
  7. ↑ "Geçitkale". Abandoned, Forgotten & Little-Known Airfields in Europe. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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