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Take-off – Barlovento
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 3.4706, -76.1828
- Altitude
- 1943 m
- Region
- Valle del Cauca, CO
- Landing
- 4.0 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Barlovento Buitrera, Large area, grass, top landing possible. Infrastructure on the takeoff in development. Currently accessible via a car - must be 4x4!
Getting there
Navigate to Palmira - Pradera and continue via Aguaclara mountain road - site Acuarela del Sol Information.
Weather
in order to be good, this site needs sun in the flatlands/ foothills, otherwise it's not worth going there.
Rules / airspace
local pilots have the information to fly on the site
Comments
Very active area with good thermal conditions all day long. Be aware of possible theft when packing up (especially in/ around the next city to the north est: Palmira)
Take-off parkingView on map ↗Landing parkingView on map ↗