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V12 18th Aug 2016 17:27

Can you identify this mountain airport in French Alps?
 
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See this altiport regularly when returning from NCE to LHR; it's about 10mi SE of Grenoble, but I can't find it on Google/Google Maps/Google Earth.
It's like Courchevel but that's definitely not it.
I reckon the Rwy is something like 06/24
Anyone know it?

Jan Olieslagers 18th Aug 2016 17:33

L'Alpe d'Huez, perhaps?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/45.0881/6.0805

LFHU - L'Alpe d'Huez

The runway orientation corresponds, at least.

ChickenHouse 18th Aug 2016 18:24

LFHU - altiport de l'Alpe d'Huez
Landing @ Alp d'Huez Altiport 2013

Jan Olieslagers 18th Aug 2016 19:18

@CH: congrats, took you only an hour or so to repeat my suggestion. :E

@T/S The field is (as could be expected) bel et bien on G Maps too: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.0879.../data=!3m1!1e3

ChickenHouse 19th Aug 2016 06:26

@JO: I just wanted to be polite and add to your finding, as I keep a list of youtube videos sorted by ICAO ID. You have a problem with that?

best
also Jan

Jan Olieslagers 19th Aug 2016 07:14

no problem at all :)

not Jan really ;)

alex90 20th Aug 2016 22:53

I've been there and its... Somewhat... Short! ;-) It's a cool place to go skiing in winter, or mountain-biking in summer. I'd recommend landing on the Sarenne Glacier! Now THAT is real flying!

fireflybob 21st Aug 2016 22:14

alex90, at 6,100 ft amsl and only 448 metres long I'm intrigued to know what type you were flying!?


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