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Starting and landing sites

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At this point, a database of already being operated or built on site visited Archaeopteryx flight areas. Archaeopteryx All pilots are invited to submit new areas and airfields and to describe entered into the database.

Table of flying sites

For sorting: Column TitlePossible start modes: foot start = FS = GS bungee launch, aircraft tow = FLS, car towing = AS, WS = wind start, trike towing TS =

Launch site	Height	Place	Start direction	Coordinates	Remarks	Landefeld	Country	Status	AS	WAS	FLS	GS	FS	TS
Alp Scheidegg	1200 m	8636 Forest	sw	N 47.304022 E 8.942946	Good access. After piling on the Fliegerpar ...	- Official Jonatal landing site, landing towards the south ...	Switzerland	flown				X	X
Gschwänd	1066 m	Galgenen	no, n	47.1553059, 8.87502462	Bisenfluggebiet. Good access. Small Ausstellpla ...	Official landing Galgenen (according to MDG Map ...	Switzerland	flown				X	X
Mollis airfield	447 m	8753 Mollis	s, n	N 47.073571 E 9.062433	Flight operations at the airfield Mollis only in consultation ...	Air band slope in both directions. Addi ...	Switzerland	flown	X		X
Fronalp 1	1340 m	8753 Mollis	nw	N e 47.07214777 9.09101486	Official perennial hang glider launch site. ...	Official hang glider landing areas (meadows): 1 ...	Switzerland	flown					X
Fronalp 2	1331 m	8753 Mollis	nw	N e 47.07290954 9.09241229	Hang glider launch site, just outside the Alpzei ...	Official hang glider landing areas (meadows): 1 ...	Switzerland	flown				X
Hüsliberg	987 m	8723 Rufi (at Schänis)	w	N e 47.18983459 9.07451123	Official perennial hang glider launch site. ...	- Unofficial Archaeopteryx landing site, only for ...	Switzerland	flown				X	X
Hüsliberg alternatively	886 m	8723 Rufi (at Schänis)	w	N e 47.18969059 9.07138646	Potential launch opportunity in 2011 when re-create ...		Switzerland	Visit				X	X
Fähberg	944 m	8723 Rufi (at Schänis)	sw	N e 47.19618468 9.07058984	Good potential as an alternative variant of the grid ...		Switzerland	Visit				X	X
Alp Nagens	2130 m	Flims, Laax	s	N 46 ° 51 677 13 842 E 9 °	Good access. Driving license is required, this ...	Good fields in Sagogn, between church and golf courses ...	Switzerland	Several roads				X
Präzer Alp	1846 m	Cazis	so	N 46 ° 44 331 22 967 E 9 °	Good access. Divider means building a slope, directly ...	Official landing Cazis St. Martin (650m). Gr ...	Switzerland	Several roads				X	X
Alp Mora	1918 m	Trin	s	N 46.8466981 9.36070025 E	Driveway with only small cars, 4WD. Fahrbewillig ...	Outside the country fields and Trin Mulin Bonaduz	Switzerland	Several roads				X	X
Sulzmattli	1208 m	6383 Dallenwil	no	N e 46.91944191 8.35439444	Good access, use the grid in the restaurant d ...	N 46.94269616 8.39066327 E, 469 m, landing Flyi ...	Switzerland	Several roads				X	X
Studnerberg	1076 m	9472 Grabs	no	N 47 ° 09'56 .77 "E 9 ° 25'28 .73"	Bise, valley wind, thermal. Z on the access roads ...	Official Hang Glider Landing N 47 ° 10'31 .93 ...	Switzerland	Or visit Fremdtip				X	X
Gaflei, Foppa	1365 m	9490 Vaduz	w, w	N 47 ° 08'15 .44 "E 9 ° 32'33 .68"	Good access. Launch area next to the mountain road between ...	Delta Landing N 47 ° 06'45 .40 Triesen 'E 9 ° 31'14 ...	Liechtenstein	Or visit Fremdtip				X	X
St. Mary Calanca	1213 m	6541 Santa Maria in Calanca	so	N 9.1377604 46.26718458 E	Very nice launch site in southern Grisons in the proximity ...	hang glider landing field offic N O 46.24601664 9.1 ...	Switzerland	Or visit Fremdtip				X	X
Mauborget	1173 m	1453 Mauborget	s so	N e 46.85429608 6.61190808	Easy access. After building parking lot at ...	Official landing in Fontaine. N 46.83258891 ...	Switzerland	Several roads				X	X
Tannmatt	1140 m	4715 Herbetswil	so	N 47 ° 18 588 33 968 E 7 °	Information from the DC area Falk http://www.dcfalk.ch beac ...	N 47 ° 17 503 34 766 E 7 ° from the DC area about Fa ...	Switzerland	Or visit Fremdtip				X	X
Verbier - Croix de Coeur	2169 m	1936 Verbier	sw, s	N e 46.12131195 7.23313183	Very good starting point for flights in the Alps Valais. ...	Toplandestrip behind the same starting point (in Lee ...	Switzerland	Several roads				X	X
Verbier - Marmotte	1927 m	1936 Verbier	s	N e 46.11427655 7.23058373	Alternative launch site in the spring when the ...		Switzerland	Several roads				X	X