The Istanbul Aviation Museum (Turkish: Havacılık Müzesi) is a military-based museum, managed by Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in the Yeşilköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The area of museum is 65,000 m².
The museum not only presents various warplanes, helicopters and weapons used by Turkish Air Force, but also civilian air transport and many samples of Turkish aeronautics history, starting from Ottoman era.
The best way to get there from a city center is to take a train from Sirkeci station to Yeşilköy. The trip takes ~40 minutes, the trains ride every 20 min
The entrance fee for adult is 6 TL (August 2009) and camera usage fee is 3 TL
The museum is not open every day.
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