Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station
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Coordinates | 40°44′06.10″N 030°05′00.01″E / 40.7350278°N 30.0833361°E | ||||||||||
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Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station (
The facility, formerly a base of the
History
Topel Airport was originally a Turkish Air Force facility. Following the re-establishment of the aviation branch of the Turkish Navy in 1968, the first naval helicopter pilots were trained by the
The 301st Naval Air Squadron, formed in 1971 at
The base, in joint use since 1973 by the air force and the navy, was transferred to the Turkish Navy Command on 14 July 1976 following the order of the
The base was assigned to NATO on 28 October 1981. In 1983, helipads in Istanbul and Çanakkale were put in service so that helicopters of the air station could use them also.[3]
In 2011, the airport was opened to public air traffic. Anadolujet operated domestic flights.
Airlines and destinations
As of 7 January 2024 there are no regular commercial airline flights to or from Cengiz Topel.
Traffic Statistics
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Access
Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station is situated 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Köseköy neighborhood in İzmit and 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Lake Sapanca between the highway E80 / D.100 and the motorway O-4.
References
- ^ "KCO Airport İnformation". Flight Stats. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ a b "Topel". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e "Deniz Hava Üssü Komutanlığı" (in Turkish). TSK DzKK. Archived from the original on 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "Cengis Topel Memorial - Gemikonagi, Near Lefke, North Cyprus". What's on North Cyprus. Retrieved 2009-08-22.