Turkish Airlines Winter ’56-‘57

(image copyright Bjorn Larsson www.timetableimages.com)

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines were founded in 1933 and really grew into a national and international service with the arrival of Douglas DC-3s in 1945..

The flights below came from the Winter ’56-’57 timetable from www.timetableimages.com .

These routes were flown using DC-3s for the longer routes from Ankara. The shorter routes from Istanbul were flown using de Havilland Herons.

DC-3 Routes

Istanbul - Ankara (Routes 111/213)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
100	0	1100	Istanbul	LTBA	1435	-	197
-	197	1235	Ankara	LTAC	1300	283	0

Ankara - Athens (Routes 601/602)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
247	0	0830	Ankara	LTAC	1840	-	293
261	293	1135	Izmir	LTBJ	1625	062	153
-	153	1310	Athens	LGAV	1400	078	0

Ankara - Van (Routes 703/704)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
108	0	0930	Ankara	LTAC	1940	-	257
103	257	1200	Malatya	LTAT	1735	291	105
072	105	1305	Diyarbakir	LTCC	1625	285	152
-	152	1425	Van	LTCI	1445	254	0

Ankara - Iskenderun (Routes 803/804)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
146	0	1100	Ankara	LTAC	1720	-	217
116	217	1235	Adana	LTAF	1515	327	049
-	049	1305	Iskenderun	LTAK	1415	297	0

Ankara - Beirut (Routes 603/604)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
174	0	1000	Ankara	LTAC	1910	-	302
122	302	1255	Nicosia	LC0A	1645	353	132
-	132	1410	Beirut	OLBA	1500	303	0

Heron Routes

Istanbul - Bursa (Routes 503/506)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
165	0	1415	Istanbul	LTBA	1630	-	46
-	46	1445	Bursa	LTBE	1600	345	0

Istanbul - Bandirma (Routes 541/542)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
221	0	0930	Istanbul	LTBA	1115	-	55
-	55	1015	Bandirma	LTBG	1030	040	0

Istanbul - Akhisar (Routes 531/532)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
196	0	1015	Istanbul	LTBA	1345	-	138
-	138	1115	Akhisar	LTBT	1215	016	0

Istanbul - Canakkale (Routes 521/522)

Heading	Distance	Down	City Name	ICAO	Up	Heading	Distance
243	0	1015	Istanbul	LTBA	1255	-	120
-	120	1120	Canakkale	LTBH	1150	061	0

Flight Simulator Files

The de Havilland Heron can be found at the download section of www.cbfsim.co.uk .

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