Turkey

Istanbul, Back to the Bosphorus.

Your first waypoint is the Hagia Sophia which was built in 537 A.D. by the Roman emperor Justinian I.

Fly along the mighty Bosphorus River from the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea in the north. Pass the three main bridges on the Bosphorus river: Bosphorus Bridge, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge.

Explore the Black Sea coast to Sile, fly south past the Darlik Dam and to the Osmangazi Bridge on the Gulf of İzmit.

Fly past Gebze, Darica, Tuzla, Pendik and Kartal as you return along the coast of the Sea of Marmara, back to the Bosphorus River.

16 nm: WP 1 - Mouth of the Bosphorus / Mosque: Hagia Sophia
42 nm: WP1,2,3 and return
44 nm: Along the coast of the Gulf of Izmit to WP 6 and return
104 nm: Entire route

Country: Turkey
Locale: Istanbul
Route: Ataturk LTBA to Ataturk LTBA
Distance: 16 / 42 / 44 / 104 nm
File name: turkey-LTBA-to-LTBA-VFR-istanbul-220717

Waypoints

WP 1 - Mouth of the Bosphorus / Mosque: Hagia Sophia
WP 2 - Bridge: Bosphorus Bridge
WP 3 - Bridge: Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
WP 4 - Harbour at Sile
WP 5 - Darlik Dam
WP 6 - Bridge: Osman Gazi

WP 1 - Mouth of the Bosphorus / Mosque: Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia

WP 2 - Bridge: Bosphorus Bridge

Pass Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge

WP 3 - Bridge: Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge

WP 4 - Harbour at Sile

WP 5 - Darlik Dam

WP 6 - Bridge: Osman Gazi

Gebze is the first of several seaside resorts you will pass on the last leg

Ataturk LTBA