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Transit Center at Manas (formerly Manas Air Base and unofficially Ganci Air Base) is a United States military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force.

The base was opened in December 2001 to support U.S. military operations in the ongoing war in Afghanistan. It has hosted forces from several other International Security Assistance Force member states as well. The base is a transit point for US military personnel coming and going from Afghanistan. The base has good recreation facilities for soldiers (internet cafes, wireless internet, pool tables, free video games, telephones to DSN lines that allow a coalition forces to call their homes at little or no cost). The base has a large dining facility, gymnasium and a chapel. There is even a library where books and magazines are available for the active duty airmen there.

Several events, such as the shooting of a local civilian and rumors of fuel dumping, have led to strained relations with some of the local population. Regional powers such as Russia and China have been pushing for the closure of the base since 2005.

In February 2009 the Kyrgyz Parliament voted to close the base after the two governments failed to agree on a higher rent for the property. American and Kyrgyz officials continued negotiations after the announcement, and on 23 June a tentative agreement was reached. Under the new arrangement the United States will pay $60 million for continued use of the facilities, three times the previous rent. Additionally, Kyrgyz forces now handle security in the areas surrounding the facility while American forces continue to provide security for the facility, and the site is now called a "transit center" instead of an "air base".

Locals drive past Manas airport, the U.S. air base near Bishkek February 4, 2009.

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A man tends to sheep under a watchtower at the US air base 30 km outside of Bishkek in Manas on February 4, 2009

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US troops guard the main access checkpoint to the air force base 30 km outside of Bishkek in Manas, Kyrgyzstan on December 18, 2008

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A ground staff member directs a C-130 Hercules at Manas Air Base near Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, February 13, 2009.

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US soldiers arriving from Afghanistan sit inside a plane at the US airbase 30 km outside Bishkek in Manas on February 26, 2009. The soldiers who had been serving with ISAF forces in Afghanistan made a layover on their way to Germany.

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A serviceman enters a building with direction signs on the wall at the U.S. Manas air base near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on February 12, 2009.

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In this file photo, a U.S. serviceman stands in front of S-135 aircraft during American-French joint exercises at the U.S. Manas Air Base, located near the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on April 14, 2007.

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U.S. air force personnel member walks by a U.S. plane at the Manas air base in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.

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The Kyrgyz parliament meets to vote on the fate of the US aribase in Manas, in Bishkek on February 19, 2009. The Kyrgyz parliament voted overwhelmingly to close a US military base on its territory that serves as a key supply route for coalition forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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A Kyrgyz woman washes her clothes by hand on the street in the Ak-Ordo region on the outskirts of Bishkek on February 22, 2009. Indifferent to a row over the US airbase in their country, the mass of poor struggling to cope on the fringes of Bishkek reflect the gulf between rulers and ruled in ex-Soviet Central Asia.