Courchevel Altiport

Courchevel Altiport

*Altiport de Courchevel*
Courchevel Altiport; Altiport de Courchevel
	IATA: CVF; ICAO: LFLJ;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Courchevel
Location	Courchevel
Opened	1962 (60 years ago)
Elevation AMSL	2,008 m / 6,588 ft
Coordinates	45°23′51″N 06°38′04″E / 45.39750°N 6.63444°ECoordinates: 45°23′51″N 06°38′04″E / 45.39750°N 6.63444°E
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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, as well as helicopters. The runway has no instrument approach procedure or lighting aids, thus making landing in fog or low clouds unsafe and almost impossible.^[1]

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]

Courchevel Altiport

Commercial service[]

In the 1980s, Tyrolean Airways served Courchevel using Dash-7 STOL aircraft capable of carrying 54 passengers.^[4]^{[better source needed]} More recently, De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops have served the airport. According to their website, is currently the only company worldwide to offer commercial flights to Courchevel Altiport.^[5]

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at CVF airport. See source Wikidata query.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c SIA AIP PDF (in French)
^ "Un altiport dynamique toute l'année" (PDF). mairie-courchevel.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ Most Extreme Airports, History Channel, October 14, 2010
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Tyrolean Dash 7 landing at Courchevel". YouTube.
^ "Alpine Airlines - Airline ' Courchevel Paris Tropez". Alpine Airlines (in American English). Retrieved 2020-01-02.

External links[]

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[AIP-1] SIA AIP PDF (in French)

[mairie_courchevel-2] "Un altiport dynamique toute l'année" (PDF). mairie-courchevel.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[3] Most Extreme Airports, History Channel, October 14, 2010

[4] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Tyrolean Dash 7 landing at Courchevel". YouTube.

[5] "Alpine Airlines - Airline ' Courchevel Paris Tropez". Alpine Airlines (in American English). Retrieved 2020-01-02.

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