Mountain flying
The
altiports
An altiport is an aerodrome for aeroplanes and helicopters, usually high in the mountains, whose runways have the particular feature of being sloped. Take-offs are made downhill and landings uphill. An aeroplane pilot must hold the “mountain rating” to use such airfields.
France has 8 altiports, 6 of them in the Alps (Alpe d'Huez, Corlier, Courchevel, Megève, Méribel and La Motte-Chalancon), one in the Pyrenees (Peyresourde) and one in French Polynesia (on the island of Ua Pou).
One example is the “Henri Giraud” altiport at Alpe d'Huez (LFHU), near Grenoble.
Altiport
of Alpe d'Huez
(LFHU). Alpe d'Huez airport is a small altiport serving the resort of Alpe d'Huez in the Grandes Rousses massif, 13 NM…
Altiport
of Courchevel (LFLJ)
Courchevel altiport (IATA code: CVF • ICAO code: LFLJ) is a French altiport at the Courchevel 1850 ski resort…