Courchevel Altiport
Dangerous airport in Courchevel, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Courchevel Altiport (French: Altiport de Courchevel) (IATA: CVF, ICAO: LFLJ) is an altiport serving Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres (1,762 ft) with a gradient of 18.6%.[1] There is no go-around procedure for landings at Courchevel due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. The airfield primarily sees use by smaller fixed-wing aircraft such as the Cessna 208 Caravan or Pilatus PC-12, as well as helicopters. The runway has no instrument approach procedure or lighting aids, making landing in fog or low clouds unsafe and almost impossible.[1]
Courchevel Altiport Altiport de Courchevel | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Courchevel | ||||||||||
Location | Courchevel | ||||||||||
Opened | 1962; 62 years ago (1962) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,008 m / 6,588 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°23′51″N 06°38′04″E | ||||||||||
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The airport is considered dangerous, as it features a difficult approach, an upward-sloping runway and ski runs in the adjacent area. The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the seventh most extreme airport in the world.[3]
It has featured in films including the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.