Courchevel Altiport
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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%.
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 Cessnas as well as
helicopters. The runway has no instrument approach procedure or
lighting aids, thus making landing in fog and low clouds unsafe
and almost impossible.
The airport is considered dangerous, as it features a difficult
approach, an upslope runway and ski runs in the adjacent area. The
History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the
seventh most dangerous airport in the world.
In the 1980s, Tyrolean Airlines served Courchevel using Dash-7
STOL aircraft capable of carrying 50 passengers. More recently, De
Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops
have served the airport.
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