# Cengiz Topel Airport (KCO / LTBQ)

**Cengiz Topel Airport** (IATA: KCO, ICAO: LTBQ) is a medium airport in Kartepe, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. It opened in 1976. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey). In 2025 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbq

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KCO / LTBQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: General Directorate of State Airports (Turkey)
- Serves: Kartepe, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
- Opened: 1976
- Elevation: 56 m / 182 ft
- Coordinates: 40.7350, 30.0833
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft
- Passengers: 3,746 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Istanbul
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cengiz_Topel_Naval_Air_Station (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1961428
- Weather station: LTBQ
- Ident: LTBQ

## Timeline

- 1976: Cengiz Topel Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 096° / 276° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 11,841 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 41,728 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 59,049 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 49,242 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 54,366 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 57,092 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 11,851 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 9,173 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,768 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 2,974 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 5,306 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 3,746 | Eurostat |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 816 km / 507 mi · Pegasus Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KCO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2025) | #2,997 of 3,974 | #851 in Asia | #54 in TR |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =389 in Asia | =37 in TR |
| Elevation | 56 m / 182 ft | =34,414 of 43,403 | =2,018 in Asia | #66 in TR |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =372 in Asia | =15 in TR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =19 in TR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | YESILKOY APP | 120.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.950 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [YEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbr.md) Bursa Yenişehir Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [LTBX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbx.md) İstanbul Samandıra Army Air Base · 78 km / 49 mi
- [AOE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltby.md) Hasan Polatkan Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [ISL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltba.md) İstanbul Atatürk Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [ESK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbi.md) Eskişehir Air Base · 114 km / 71 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cengiz_Topel_Naval_Air_Station&oldid=1363025879), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltbq/data