Airports / Turkey / KCO
Cengiz Topel Airport
LTBQ / KCOKartepe, TurkeyELEV 182 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
37 nm
To the nearest alternate
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cengiz Topel Airport, listed as LTBQ / KCO, is a mid-sized airport in Kartepe, Turkey. The airport sits 182 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into KCO for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW, 37 nm), Bursa Yenişehir Airport (YEI, 37 nm), and İstanbul Samandıra Army Air Base (LTBX, 42 nm).
Charter pricing from KCO depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kartepe.
Field capability
ICAO
LTBQ
IATA
KCO
FAA / Local
LTBQ
Elevation
182 ft
Coordinates
40.7350° N · 30.0833° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Turkey fields
state range 11–6,400 ft
At 182 ft, KCO sits lower than 73% of the 64 Turkey fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 37nmSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportPendik, Istanbul
- 37nmYEIBursa Yenişehir AirportYenişehir
- 42nmLTBXİstanbul Samandıra Army Air BaseÜmraniye, Istanbul
- 59nmAOEHasan Polatkan AirportEskişehir
- 59nmISLİstanbul Atatürk AirportIstanbul(Bakırköy)
- 61nmESKEskişehir Air BaseEskişehir
Location
Open the full mapLTBQ · Cengiz Topel Airport · Kartepe, Turkey