Availability of Avgas at LTFJ Sabiha Gokcen
We landed at Sabiha Gokcen (LTFJ) yesterday expecting to be able to refuel, as per the AIP. According to the handler avgas was not available at the airport though, and they were unable to help us. Their best suggestion was to stop at either Corlu (LTBU), some 65 nm in the wrong direction for our onward travel plans or Ataturk (LTBA), no doubt very expensive.
After a bit of research my understanding is that the local flying club at Sabiha Gokcen has avgas. I had the hotel staff in Istanbul give them a call this morning. The secretary at the club promised to talk to her manager and get back to us (the hotel) during the day but we haven’t heard from them.
Does anybody have a contact number for someone at the flying club at Sabiha Gokcen who might be enclined to sell us a couple of hundred litres of Avgas on Thursday morning? Ankara is on the way to our next destination, would refuelling there be feasible (i.e. not subject to ridiculous ladning and handling fees just for a fuel stop)?