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 SophiaHagia Sophia
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 4 - Harbour at Sile
WP 5 - Darlik Dam
WP 6 - Bridge: Osman Gazi
WP 6 - Bridge: Osman Gazi
WP 6 - Bridge: Osman Gazi
Gebze is the first of several seaside resorts you will pass on the last leg
Ataturk LTBA