Private Jet Istanbul to Ankara

The short hop between Istanbul and Ankara covers only about 191 nautical miles, linking Turkey’s great city on the Bosphorus with its capital on the Anatolian plateau. A distance of this kind is ideally suited to a light jet, a very light jet or a turboprop, and aircraft such as the Phenom 300, the Citation CJ4 or the versatile Pilatus PC-12 complete the sector in well under an hour with grace and economy. There is no need to climb to the highest flight levels for so brief a leg, yet even at a modest cruise the cabin remains quiet and the ride smooth across the hills of north-western Anatolia. Departures are handled from Istanbul Airport, the vast modern hub on the European side of the city, where dedicated business-aviation facilities allow a swift and private start well apart from the main terminals. The efficiency of the departure is keenly valued on a route where the journey itself is so short. Ankara rises on the high Anatolian steppe at close to 900 metres, a city of government, universities and deep history. Visitors come for the solemn grandeur of Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Ataturk, for the superb Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, and for the old citadel quarter with its Ottoman houses and sweeping views. Esenboga Airport lies to the north of the city, a short transfer from the centre. The pairing suits business travellers shuttling between Turkey’s commercial and political capitals who value speed, privacy and the flexibility to depart on their own schedule. For a swift, civilised connection between the Bosphorus and the plateau, this route is difficult to better.