Take-off – Campotenese
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 39.8474, 16.0927
- Altitude
- 1380 m
- Region
- Cosenza, IT
- Landing
- 1.0 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Once you reach the peak of Mountain La Serra, where some telecom antennas are installed, you can choose to launch from the NW side or the SE side. NW side is the official one but sometimes you can fly on the other side facing the city of Morano Calabro and the landing place is close to a big fountain.
Getting there
By car get out the motorway at Campotenese and follow directions to Morano Calabro. Soon you get the sign 'Campizzo' turn right and follow the road that will bring you to the takeoff site.
Weather
Fantastic site with some important restrictions. The take off and the landing place are very close and allow to go up and down all day. It is preferable to be at the takeoff site early in the morning 9:00 am in summer and 10:00-11:30 in winter. Please never attempt flying when the wind is above 30 Km/h because it gets stronger easily reaching 70 km/h from NW. If you are flying and you think that the wind is getting stronger leave the mountain crest and fly to the centre of the valley where the wind is lower and you can land safely. If you choose about flying by yourself please take the weather conditions into consideration. This place offers good cross-country flights and always bring friends with you, you will enjoy it.