Bozdağ Yamaç Paraşütü Kalkış Pisti

About Bozdağ Yamaç Paraşütü Kalkış Pisti

The Bozdağ paragliding take-off is a grassy launch on a forested hill at the A Tepesi locality by Ovacık village, between Gölcük and Bozdağ in Ödemiş district. According to the Ödemiş District Governorship, it lies about 20 km from Ödemiş on the way from İzmir to Salihli, right beside the Bozdağ Ovacık gendarmerie station, and is reached by a 200-metre dirt track after the main asphalt road. The launch faces south, and the governorship calls it the best site in the Aegean region for competition and cross-country flying: pilots taking off here can fly as far as Pamukkale in Denizli. The Bozdağ XC Open paragliding competition was held here in 2012 and 2013, drawing around 200 pilots in total. You do not need to be a pilot to fly here. Several licensed tandem operators fly passengers from Bozdağ with no previous experience needed. One of them, İzmir Yamaç Paraşütü, lists a one-person tandem flight at 3,500 Turkish lira on its website; operators choose the safest take-off on the day according to the weather. Good to know: - Flights depend on wind and weather, so book with an operator rather than turning up. - The Bozdağ ski centre is nearby on the same mountain.