Just returned from Istanbul and Antalya. Main reason for visit: aircraft photography.
At Istanbul Ataturk we stayed during the morning at a restaurant near the boulevard in the Florya area. In the afternoon we moved to the well known Flyinn shopping centre. Very relaxed places to take photos with food, drinks, shade and toilets near by. Even wifi for Flightradar24 in the Flyinn.
For Antalya you need a car to reach photo spots. There are many spots. Parallel runways in use and change during the day makes spotting a bit less relaxed than IST. Still very good and lots of different airlines.
For a comprehensive description of spotting at Istanbul Ataturk and Antalya see my new website
http://wheretospotatairports.wordpress.com/
Later I will add photo proof!
By: Culpano - 2nd June 2013 at 22:37
Antalya is a special airport. Difficult but worth it. Good stuff Marcel on the movements list. On the Monday we were in Antalya there were no less than 20 Nordwind arrivals alone ! The session in morning from 7am to 11am was incredible. Just be careful of the watchtowers !
By: marcelb - 2nd June 2013 at 09:40
On scramble.nl I try to keep you all updated on the schedule for Antalya this summer. Season is getting started now. Four IL96’s of Aeroflot on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday Airlines B757 each day. Grozny Air seems to be doing regular charters with up to 4 Yak42 flights to AYT. Alitalia used a A330. Kharkiv Airlines service from various Ukrainian airports did not start yet. Seems Aviatrans K performs the flights till the Kharkiv aircraft are delivered. Fokker 100s of Caspiy and Bek Air a couple of times per week.
More here:
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=643471#p643471
By: Danmadole - 1st June 2013 at 07:50
Good job Marcel! Istanbul definitely has two of the best “lazy spotting” locations in Europe.
By: Tartan Pics - 29th May 2013 at 09:39
Welcome to the forum Marcel!
Thanks for the spotting guide..it is very detailed, an excellent guide
I had been thinking of hitting Turkey but was unsure if there was any spotting locations
And look forward to your shots.
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