Take-off – Nkawkaw
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 6.5776, -0.7603
- Altitude
- 775 m
- Region
- Eastern, GH
- Landing
- 2.6 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
~ 500 m top to bottom, take off especially built for the GhanaParaglidingFestival : excellent quality. Light wind in Launch area, even when good wind up the face due to cliff below launch, forward launch recommended. Narrow Launch, with tall trees on either side necessitates a straight launch.
Getting there
~ 150 kms North West from Accra on Kumasi Road.
Weather
Low Cloud in Rainy season, Afternoon Thunderstorms and gust fronts possible almost all seasons except late Dec to near end Jan, when During the Harmattan, the wind is usually strong over the back
Rules / airspace
VFR up to 2800m Asl (Which is always above cloud base, so no problem)
Comments
Autorisation in Ghana. For further information please see http://www.ghanaparagliding.com