Take-off – Kagami-yama
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 32.6980, 131.7590
- Altitude
- 617 m
- Region
- Miyazaki, JP
- Landing
- 3.2 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
Huge, flat, and well-groomed. Top-landings are super easy.
Getting there
Easy with car, close to highway, nice paved road all the way to the top.
Weather
Sea breeze conditions off the Pacific Ocean. Forecast wind should be east to south; sometimes local winds turn out even if somewhat out of this range. https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/kagami_yama
Rules / airspace
Very relaxed. Contact/ meet up with club members and they'll gladly show you around.
Comments
Great area for soaring and some thermalling when conditions in Kyushu are not good for the more inland, thermalling areas. Occasionally XC excursions are possible but the inversion (usually a few 100 m above launch) is typically hard to break through. Scenic XC to Kamae possible.