Runways at LTAB
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Güvercinlik Airport (Ankara) has one runway: 06/24 - 2,014 m long (6,608 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface.
Güvercinlik Airport (Ankara) (LTAB)
Turkey · elevation 2687 ft AMSL
· 39.9350, 32.7408
About Güvercinlik Airport (Ankara)
Güvercinlik Airport (Ankara) is an airport with the ICAO code LTAB. Country: Turkey. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Ankara. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the LT prefix, which marks airports in Turkey. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 39°56'06"N, 32°44'27"E, at an elevation of 2,687 ft (819 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Istanbul.
Satellite view of LTAB
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of LTAB
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | 60° | 2,014 m (6,608 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | asphalt |
| 24 | 240° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 06/24 on 60° and 240° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 06/24 axis, wind from the south-east (around 150°) or from the north-west (around 330°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 60° or 240° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for LTAB
Weather reports for Güvercinlik Airport (Ankara) are published under the ICAO code LTAB. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the LTAB report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for LTAB, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Istanbul zone stays at GMT+03:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Etimesgut Air Base (Ankara) (LTAD, 5 km), Akıncı Air Base (Ankara) (LTAE, 22 km), Esenboğa International Airport (Ankara) (LTAC, 30 km). When no report is available for LTAB, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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