Sliač Air Base
| Sliač Air Base | |||||||
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Letecká základňa Sliač | |||||||
| Sliač, Slovakia | |||||||
Sliač Airport terminal | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air base | ||||||
| Controlled by | Slovak Air Force | ||||||
| Condition | under reconstruction | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 48°38′14″N 19°08′03″E / 48.637222°N 19.134167°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1957 | ||||||
| In use | 1957 – present | ||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Ing, František Pytlík | ||||||
| Garrison | 81. Wing Sliač | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: SLD, ICAO: LZSL | ||||||
| Elevation | 318 m (1,043 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Sliač Air Base (IATA: SLD, ICAO: LZSL), historically, Letisko Sliač ("Sliač Airport") or Letisko Tri Duby (literally, "The Three Oaks Airport") is a military airport in central Slovakia situated between the towns of Zvolen and Banská Bystrica and near the spa town of Sliač. The airport has one runway which is 2,400 m long (18/36). The airport is used only by the military since October 2021, when the airport has been closed to all civilian traffic.