{"id":105504,"date":"2019-06-15T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/plane-pilatus-qualification-pc6-ato-courchevel-flight-mountain-alpine-airlines-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:36:48","slug":"avion-pilatus-rating-pc12-ato-megeve-altiport-mountain-alpine-airlines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/en\/avion-pilatus-rating-pc12-ato-megeve-altiport-mountain-alpine-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilatus PC12 | Airport Meg\u00e8ve LFHM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:650px\"><img data-attachment-id=\"105584\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/en\/avion-pilatus-rating-pc12-ato-megeve-altiport-mountain-alpine-airlines\/lfhmpc12-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1913,805\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LFHMPC12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-300x126.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-1024x431.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1913\" height=\"805\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-105584\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12.jpg 1913w, http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-300x126.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-1024x431.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-768x323.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-1536x646.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LFHMPC12-600x252.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1913px) 100vw, 1913px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#d40000\"><span style=\"color:#800000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Pilatus PC12<\/span> | <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Meg\u00e8ve &#8211; LFHM <\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Airport rating<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-image aligncenter advgb-image-block full-width advgb-img-254a7b74-d783-4be2-89d9-6c2daad6b3cd\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PC12-LFLJ-Droit-OK-scaled.jpg);background-position:50% 50%;height:287px;width:500px;justify-content:center;align-items:center\" data-image=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PC12-LFLJ-Droit-OK-scaled.jpg\"><a class=\"advgb-image-overlay\" style=\"background-color:#000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><h4 class=\"advgb-image-title\" style=\"color:#fff\">The Only ATO to provide training for access to the Meg\u00e8ve altiport in Pilatus PC-12<\/h4><p class=\"advgb-image-subtitle\" style=\"color:#fff\">ALPINE AIRLINES | FR.ATO.132<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rating at Meg\u00e8ve altiport is available when the runway is not snow-covered, from April to November. Indeed, the runway is not cleared of snow during the winter, so landing in Pilatus PC12 is not possible! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This training is delivered in accordance with the latest regulatory requirements, by a team of <strong>Pilatus PC12 qualified instructors and examiners.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting at our main base in CHAMBERY &#8211; LFLB for the theoretical program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights between CHAMBERY and MEGEVE altiport (18 minutes) allow familiarization with mountain navigation but also to have a base accessible in all weather conditions without special access conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Training duration: 2 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Training program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Theoretical training: 2h30 <\/strong><ul><li>Regulations applicable to Meg\u00e8ve altiport<\/li><li>Aerology<\/li><li>Take-off and landing performance: study of the sloping runway and performance chart applicable to take-off.<\/li><li>Mountain flying techniques<\/li><li>Mountain navigation<\/li><li>Application of Threat &amp; Error Management to mountain flying, and the particularities of SPO operations.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Flight training: 3h00<\/strong><ul><li>Navigation<\/li><li>Recognition and decision-making<\/li><li>Atterrissages \u00e0 l&#8217;altiport de Meg\u00e8ve en Pilatus PC12<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><span style=\"color:#800000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Interested in another Pilatus PC12 qualification? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>We also offer access training <a href=\"https:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/avion-pilatus-qualification-pc12-ato-courchevel-altiport-montagne-alpine-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to <span style=\"color:#800000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Courchevel airport &#8211; LFLJ <\/span><\/a>and <span style=\"color:#800000\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/en\/avion-pilatus-rating-pc12-saint-tropez-la-mole-lftz-alpine-airlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La M\u00f4le airport &#8211; LFTZ !<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button aligncenter is-style-default\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-e0b7f27a-24d9-4aa5-8726-3d0bad661365\" href=\"http:\/\/alpine-airlines.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CONTACT US FOR A QUOTE!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>History of Meg\u00e8ve altiport (from Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was under the impetus of Michel Ziegler, the boss of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Alpes\">Air Alpes<\/a> company who initiated the construction of several <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altiport\">altiports<\/a> in the 1960s in the Alps (Courchevel, Alpe D&#8217;huez, etc.) and of Meg\u00e8ve native Jacques Henri Bujard, director of the<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groupe_Edmond_de_Rothschild\"> Edmond de Rothschild group, <\/a>that the idea of creating an altiport in <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meg%C3%A8ve\">Meg\u00e8ve <\/a>was launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meg\u00e8ve sees this as an opportunity to attract a wealthy clientele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his part, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmond_de_Rothschild_(1926-1997)\">Edmond de Rothschild,<\/a> whose family has been based in Meg\u00e8ve since the 1910s, gave his agreement to make available the land at Cote 2000 that the boss of Air Alpes had indicated to him could be suitable for the creation of an altiport<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altiport_de_Meg%C3%A8ve#cite_note-:0-2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This altiport was inaugurated on December 20, 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Paris &#8211; Meg\u00e8ve commercial line was set up until 1977 with Air Alpes, as were connections to <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gen%C3%A8ve\">Geneva<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%C3%A9roport_de_Lyon-Bron\">Lyon-Bron,<\/a> or other resorts equipped with an altiport such as Courchevel, La Plagne, Alpe d&#8217;Huez, or simply to be &#8220;dropped off&#8221; on a glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Dauphin%C3%A9\">Air Dauphin\u00e9<\/a> will set up the connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grenoble\">Grenoble.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The altiport is then taken over by the municipality of Meg\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently, the runway will be groomed instead of being cleared of snow and thus restricted to aircraft equipped with skis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1968, the creation of the aeroclub propelled a new activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 10th anniversary of Air Alpes in 1971, the<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilatus_PC-6\"> Pilatus PC-6<\/a> registered F-BKQY took<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nom_de_bapt%C3%AAme\"> the name: M\u00e9ribel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2016, the DGAC (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) lifted the ban on commercial flights by authorizing Alpine Airlines Vulcanair P-68s to use the small runway at Meg\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgb-img-254a7b74-d783-4be2-89d9-6c2daad6b3cd.advgb-image-block .advgb-image-overlay{opacity:0.75 !important;}.advgb-img-254a7b74-d783-4be2-89d9-6c2daad6b3cd.advgb-image-block:hover .advgb-image-overlay{opacity:0.27 !important;}.advgbbtn-e0b7f27a-24d9-4aa5-8726-3d0bad661365{font-size:18px;color:#000000 !important;background-color:#ffffff !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:2px !important;border-color:#800000 !important;border-style:solid !important;border-radius:50px !important;}.advgbbtn-e0b7f27a-24d9-4aa5-8726-3d0bad661365:hover{color: !important;background-color: !important;box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilatus PC12 | Meg\u00e8ve &#8211; LFHM Airport rating Rating at Meg\u00e8ve altiport is available when the runway is not snow-covered, from April to November. 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