Tuzla Air Base

Tuzla Air Base
IATA: TZL – ICAO: LQTZ TZL Location of the airport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Summary
Airport type	Military
Elevation AMSL	784 ft / 239 m
Coordinates
Website	tuzla-airport.ba
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 8,152 2,485 Asphalt

Tuzla Air Base was a military airport near Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Tuzla International was once the largest military airport of the former Yugoslavia. The 350th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron was active there for a time. It was placed under the control of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992, and from 1996 onwards it became the main hub for the Implementation Force (IFOR), which was charged with supervising the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1998, the canton of Tuzla turned Tuzla International to a civil airport. Tuzla International Airport opened on 10 October 1998 as a civilian airport and military airfield.

External links

• Accident history for TZL at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for LQTZ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
• Current weather for LQTZ at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for LQTZ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
• Site of Detachment 1, 401 AEW
• History of the military side of the base on GlobalSecurity.org