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Adnan Menderes International Airport (ICAO: LTBJ, IATA: ADB) is the principal gateway to Izmir, situated at Gaziemir on Turkey's Aegean coast. It offers two long parallel hard-surfaced runways, one pair equipped with ILS, making it a well-equipped and straightforward destination for simulated airline or general-aviation flights into the Izmir region.
Adnan Menderes International Airport, carrying the ICAO code LTBJ and IATA code ADB, serves the city of Izmir on Turkey's Aegean coast and is situated at Gaziemir. It is a large international airport with two long parallel runways, one pair fitted with an instrument landing system, giving it the infrastructure of a major scheduled-traffic hub and making it a useful and realistic destination for simulator pilots flying into western Turkey.
The airport lies at Gaziemir, within Izmir Province on Turkey's Aegean coast, at coordinates 38.2892N 27.1550E and a field elevation of 384 feet above mean sea level. As a large international airport it sits beneath controlled airspace worked by Menderes Approach and Menderes Tower, and forms the primary aerodrome serving the Izmir metropolitan area.
The airport has two parallel hard-surfaced runways aligned 16/34. Runway 16R/34L is 10,652 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument landing system. Runway 16L/34R is 10,635 feet long, hard-surfaced, lit, and equipped with ILS on both directions, providing precision approach guidance for the runway most commonly used by scheduled traffic.
Pilots should expect to work Menderes Approach on 119.5 MHz or 134.2 MHz, with Menderes Tower on 118.1 MHz and Menderes Ground on 121.9 MHz; ramp movements are coordinated on 121.7 MHz. Menderes ATIS broadcasts on 129.2 MHz. An ILS serves runway 16L/34R for precision instrument approaches.
The airport is operated by TAV Airports as part of its network of Turkish airports, functioning as a large, busy international airport handling substantial airline traffic. The long ILS-equipped runway pair, 16L/34R, supports scheduled operations in a wide range of weather conditions.