Turkey

Mount Ararat and the Turkey - Armenia - Iran Border

Igdir Province is adjacent to NE Turkey and borders Armenia, Azerbaijab and Iran. Igdir Airport is adjacent to the town of Kulluk

Fly out of Igdir, patrol the border with Armenia between WP 1 and 2. Between WP 2 and 3 fly along the border with Iran. Then return via the biblical location of Noah's Ark, Mount Ararat.

NOTAM: WP 2, Aralık is located in a bulge on the Turkey - Armenia - Iran border. Mount Ararat is 16853 ft (5,137 m) tall, so take an oxygen supply and use anti-icing measures.

38 nm: Lake Balik at WP 4 and return
50 nm: Mount Ararat at WP 3 and return
75 nm: Border patrol WP1,2,3 and return
114 nm: Entire route

Country: Turkey
Locale: Igdir Province
Route: Igdir LTCT to Igdir LTCT
Distance: 38 / 50 / 75 / 114 nm
File name: turkey-LTCT-to-LTCT-VFR-igdir-220615

Waypoints

WP 1 - Border crossing at Karakoyunlu
WP 2 - Border near Ranchpar, Armenia
WP 3 - Border town: Aralık
WP 3 - Mountain: Dogubayazit
WP 4 - Mountain: Ararat 16853 ft
WP 5 - Lake Balik

WP 1 - Border crossing at Karakoyunlu

WP 2 - Border near Ranchpar, Armenia

WP 3 - Border town: Aralık

WP 3 - Mountain: Dogubayazit
Ararat on the right

WP 4 - Mountain: Ararat 16853 ft

Mountain range between Ararat and Lake Balik

WP 5 - Lake Balik

Igdir LTCT

Igdir LTCT from the town of Kulluk, 1 nm to the East