Western Cape

These are the sites I have flown in the Western Cape.  Information is supplied mostly from Greg Hamerton's Fresh Air Site Guide. Click on the blue hyper links for detailed information and photographs of the sites I fly regularly. Site Name Longitude (S) Latitude (E) Wind direction(s) Rating Barrydale  SITE CLOSED 33.55 20.45 2 Take Offs NE-NNW (am) SW-SE (pm) BASIC +2  Bettys Bay 34.21.33 18.54.00 ESE, SE, S, SSW BASIC Ceres Gydo Pass 33.14.2 19.19.467 S-SE BASIC +2 Devil's Peak 33.56.783 18.26.35 NE - N Thermic BASIC Franschhoek 33.54.2 19.09.43 NW - W light, Light SW BASIC +4 Gordon's Bay  34.10.527 18.50.881 N-W BASIC +4 Groot Kanonkop (Simonsberg) 33.51.958 18.54.491 NE-N, SW BASIC +2 Hermanus 34.24.113 19.14.576 S-SE BASIC Koringberg 33.03.278 18.40.788 W-S-E  Best in S BASIC Lion's Head 33.56.3 18.23. SE windshadow, SW, W BASIC +4 Llandudno 34.00.816 1820.617 NW BASIC +4 Macassar-Wolfgat 34.03 18.37 SSW-SE  BASIC Noordhoek 34.04.4 18.22.883 SW,W SPORT Paarl Rock 33.40 18.45 SE - NE, NW, SW SPORT Porterville-Dasklip Pass 32.54 19.02.301 SW, W, NW BASIC +2 Porterville - Pampoenfontein 32.55.616 19.02.235 SSW - W BASIC +2 Signal Hill has  Two Take Offs 34.08.917 18.55.65 N - WSW SPORT Sir Lowrys Pass 34.08.917 18.55.65 NW - SW SPORT Table Mountain 33.57.73 18.24.68 W, WSW, NE (light SE) Two take offs SPORT Wolfgat-Macassar 34.03. 18.37 S-SE BASIC (?)

Last Updated ( Friday, 23 July 2010 )

 

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