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Pilatus PC12 | Courchevel – LFLJ Access authorization & rating
The only ATO to deliver access training to the Courchevel altiport in Pilatus PC12, this training is carried out on your plane.
Qualification at the Courchevel altiport is available all year round. However, we recommend that you book your course outside the winter season (December to April) for ease of organization and to limit the cost of landing fees at the Courchevel altiport.
This training is delivered in accordance with the latest regulatory requirements, by a team of qualified Pilatus PC12 instructors and examiners.
Meeting at our main base in CHAMBERY – LFLB for the theoretical program.
Flights between CHAMBERY and the COURCHEVEL altiport (15 minutes) not only familiarize you with mountain navigation, but also provide you with a base accessible in all weather conditions, with no special access requirements.
Training duration: 2 days.
Training program
- Theoretical training: 2h30
- Regulations applicable to the Courchevel altiport
- Aerology
- Take-off and landing performance: study of the sloping runway and performance chart applicable to take-off.
- Mountain flying techniques
- Mountain navigation
- Application of Threat & Error Management to mountain flying, and the particularities of SPO operations.
- Flight training: 3h00
- Navigation
- Recognition and decision-making
- Landing at Courchevel altiport in a Pilatus PC12
Interested in another Pilatus PC12 qualification?
We also offer access training to Megève altiport – LFHM and La Môle airport – LFTZ!
History of Courchevel altiport (from wikipedia)
In 1961, mayor Émile Ancenay and the town council approved the creation of the runway at the Pralong mountain pasture, which received its first landing on January 31, 1962, the day after the first landing at theMéribel altiport.
A snowcat from Paul-Émile Victor ‘s expeditions is used to groom the track, which is not connected to any road at the time.
Founded by Michel Ziegler and Robert Merloz, the regional airline Air Alpes flies Twin Otters and Pilatus Porters from Paris, Lyon-Bron and Geneva to serve international customers.
La piste est enrobée en 1968. A partir de 1971, elle est déneigée en permanence, ce qui permet aux avions d’atterrir sans skis.
Between 1976 and 1979, the Auxiair airline flew Jodel D-140 Mousquetaire aircraft from the altiport toLyon-Satolas airport to take customers from the winter sports resort to their connections on regular routes.
In preparation for the 1992 Olympic Games, the length of the track was increased in 1989 from 375 to 537 metres, and its width doubled (from 40 to 80 metres).2 to allow the landing of 50-seat Dash 7 aircraft and the installation of a radio beacon. The work, costing 35 million francs, involved moving 400,000 meters3 of earth and building a temporary asphalt mixing plant.
Operated by the Saint-Bon Tarentaise town council, the altiport is equipped with a VIM 12 P2.5, a shuttle and a tractor.