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Elisuperficie di Pila

È una elisuperficie alpina semi-organizzata,

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Elisuperficie St. Pierre

piazzola elicotteri

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Elisuperficie Rifugio Walter Bonatti

È una zona di atterraggio alpina non ufficiale, usata principalmente per operazioni tecniche, non per traffico civile normale

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elisuperficie Rifugio Bertone

piazzola di atterraggio

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Entrevers helipad

piazzuola di atterraggio

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Franco Gaeta Helipad

piazzola atterraggio

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Helipad Monte Bianco Tunnel

piazzola atterraggio elicotteri

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Val Veny Zerotta helicopter landing zone

Unprepared landing area located in the Zerotta valley near La Thuile, at approximately 1500–1600 m AMSL. The site offers wider and more accessible terrain compared to high alpine locations, with grassy fields and relatively gentle slopes.

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Rifugio Deffeyes Helicopter landing site

High-altitude alpine landing area located near Rifugio Deffeyes at approximately 2500 m AMSL. The site offers limited flat terrain, with most usable spots consisting of small, uneven alpine clearings or snow-covered areas depending on the season. A challenging, non-prepared alpine LZ, requiring advanced mountain flying skills and careful performance planning

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La Thuile Helicopter landing site

Unimproved alpine landing area located near Lago Verney at approximately 2100–2300 m AMSL. The terrain offers relatively flat sections, suitable for light helicopter operations, especially in winter conditions when snow cover smooths surface irregularities.A non-certified alpine LZ with good space but demanding conditions. Suitable only for skilled pilots familiar with high-altitude operations no icao

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Helipad Piedimulera

Located in the municipality of Piedimulera, in the lower Anzasca Valley near Pieve Vergonte, this is an unregistered heli operating site with no ICAO designation.

Operational profile:

Surface: generally firm ground (grass/gravel), more stable than high-altitude sites

Space: moderate, suitable for light to medium helicopters

Environment: valley setting with surrounding terrain but fewer constraints than alpine peaks

Winds: possible valley channeling, but typically more manageable

Usage:

Primarily used for local operations, logistics, and occasional rescue support, acting as a practical staging point between the valley floor and higher mountain areas.

Summary:

A functional, non-certified landing area offering relatively straightforward operations compared to high-altitude sites. Suitable for pilots with basic mountain flying awareness, but still requiring attention to terrain and local wind conditions.

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Eliporto Calasca

Located in the municipality of Calasca-Castiglione, just above Pieve Vergonte in the Anzasca Valley, this is an unofficial mountain landing site with no ICAO designation.

The area is typically used for alpine operations, rescue, and logistics, serving as a transition point between the valley floor and high-altitude routes toward Monte Rosa.

Pilot notes:

Surface: unprepared / variable (grass, gravel, or compacted ground)

Space: limited, with surrounding terrain constraints

Winds: can be unpredictable due to valley effects

Obstacles: terrain and vegetation nearby

Operations: short stays only, engines usually kept running

Summary:

A practical but non-standard alpine landing spot. Suitable only for experienced pilots familiar with mountain flying and confined area operations.

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Cervinia Heliport

Breuil-Cervinia Helipad (Breuil-Cervinia) is a high-altitude alpine landing site (~2000 m) used mainly for rescue and heliski operations.

From a pilot’s perspective, this is a demanding VFR environment with:

strong and unpredictable mountain winds

significant density altitude effects

limited landing space and no standard airport infrastructure

There is no ICAO code, no ATC, and no IFR support—operations rely entirely on pilot skill and situational awareness.

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Rifugio Monzino

Rifugio Monzino is a high-altitude, non-certified landing zone at ~2,590 m on an exposed ridge in the Mont Blanc massif. It is regularly used for HEMS and supply operations, not for general aviation.

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ISLA DEL MALPELO

Helicopter operations are infrequent and typically reserved for: ARMATA NATIONAL DE COLUMBIA This is not a standard aviation facility, but a high-risk, niche landing zone that reflects the raw and isolated nature of Malpelo. It stands as a unique example of how aviation can adapt to extreme environments with minimal infrastructure.

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Ward Hunt Island aorstrip

There are no markings, no infrastructure, and no navigation aids. The surface varies between frozen ground, gravel, and ice depending on the season, making every landing highly dependent on pilot experience and real-time conditions. Operations here are typically conducted by highly specialized STOL aircraft such as the Twin Otter, often equipped with skis or tundra tires.

Approaches are entirely visual. Pilots rely on GPS coordinates, prior briefing data, and environmental awareness rather than any formal aviation system. Weather conditions are unpredictable and unforgiving—low visibility, extreme cold, and shifting ice can rapidly turn a routine landing into a high-risk operation.

Despite its simplicity, Ward Hunt plays a crucial role. It is one of the northernmost accessible points by aircraft and serves as a staging area for expeditions to the North Pole, as well as a support base for climate and ice research on the nearby Ward Hunt Ice Shelf.

There is no room for error here. No ATC, no rescue infrastructure, and no second chances. Every operation must be carefully planned and executed with precision.

Overall assessment:

Ward Hunt Island Airstrip is a raw, uncompromising example of true bush and polar aviation—reserved only for experienced crews operating at the edge of the possible.

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re: المطار مفتوح للرحلات الدولية وعدد 2 مهابط جديدة

Reply to @SRX: على سبيل المثال، في مدينة أو قرية حاج البحري (لا أعرف إن كانت تُعتبر مدينة أم قرية)، يوجد مطار على بُعد حوالي ميل واحد إلى الجنوب الشرقي، لكنه غير مُشار إليه على الخريطة هنا.

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re: المطار مفتوح للرحلات الدولية وعدد 2 مهابط جديدة

Reply to @SRXهل يمكنك تزويدي بتحديث حول حالة المدارج النشطة والصالحة للعمل في ليبيا؟ على سبيل المثال، يبدو أن مطار HL0N AI Booster مدرج مهجور وغير نشط، ولا يوجد فيه أي حركة.:

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Glacier du Dolent

1. Valley entry

enter via:

Val Ferret (Italy or Switzerland)

low altitude → gradual climb

2. Reconnaissance (essential)

first high pass (300–500 ft above)

check:

slope

wind (snow drift indications)

crevasses

3. Direction choice

Always:

land into the wind

BUT also:

land uphill (uphill landing)

n the mountains this is more important than the runway itself

4. Final approach

short and direct

no guaranteed go-around.

A very dangerous area for landings, and difficult even for experienced mountain pilots. Yet, from time to time, someone still lands there or performs a touch-and-go without leaving any documentation of the landing spot or the type of approach used

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Idroscalo di Spotorno

The Spotorno Seaplane Base is a flight school for seaplanes and also offers tourist flights in the area. The Spotorno Seaplane Base is connected to the Pianfei airfield, which is located on land and not on the sea, just a few kilometers away. The official website is provided above.

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McGill Artic Station

Unprepared tundra landing area with uneven surface and variable bearing strength. STOL operations only; subject to katabatic winds, turbulence, and surrounding terrain hazards. Low-level reconnaissance pass required prior to landing.

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re: CUF information 2

CUNEO.----> CASABLANCA CASABLANCA----->CUNEO

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CUF information 2

is the only active scheduled international route

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CUF information.

The route is operated by Air Arabia Maroc.

It mainly serves:

the Moroccan community in Northern Italy

ethnic traffic (families, work)

It is a low-cost route and relatively easy to fill.

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Laguna di Varano Water AD

QFU A:17/35 water

QFU B:18R/36L water

QFU C: 18L/36R

Located along the northern coast of the Gargano in southern Italy, the Laguna di Varano is a large coastal lagoon separated from the Adriatic Sea by a narrow strip of land.

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Aviano Frequenzy

WARNINGS: Military AD. Civil air traffic may request clearance to cross Aviano CTR (when active) on FREQ

120.130 MHz specifying entry point, routing and level/altitude. Aviano APP may change routing/level at any time

as necessary

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Aereoporto Militare di aviano--Aviano Air Base

You asked me for the actual frequencies used at Aviano Air Base; here are the updated ones:

TWR Aviano Tower 134.100 (Operational hours: MON-FRI 0630-2100 (0530-2000) SAT 0730-1900 (0630-1800)

- Remarks: on HOL and on APR 12 service not provided)

APP

Aviano Approach 120.130 (Operational hours: SAT 0730-1900 (0630-1800) MON-FRI 0630-2100 (0530-

2000) - Remarks: On HOL service not provided.)

APP

Aviano Approach 120.965 (Operational hours: SAT 0730-1900 (0630-1800) MON-FRI 0630-2100 (0530-

2000) - Remarks: On HOL service not provided.)

TWR Aviano Tower 122.100 (Operational hours: MON-FRI 0630-2100 (0530-2000) SAT 0730-1900 (0630-1800)

- Remarks: on HOL and on APR 12 service not provided

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Lac Hazen Airstrip

Located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Lac Hazen Airstrip serves a remote Arctic research area near Lake Hazen.

Unregistered and non-certified landing site with natural gravel/tundra surface.

No infrastructure, services, or ATC available.

Operations are limited to VFR under extreme Arctic conditions.

STOL aircraft recommended.

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Fort Conger Airstrip

Located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Fort Conger Airstrip is an unregistered, non-certified landing site occasionally used for scientific expeditions in the Arctic environment.

Natural tundra/gravel surface, no infrastructure or services.

Runway orientation 09/27 (086°/266°). Elevation 10 ft.

VFR operations only in extreme conditions, with no ATC support.

STOL aircraft with tundra tires recommended.

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Chiaromonte Hospital Heliport

hospital eliport

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Verkhnee Penzhino

A former civilian/technical airstrip used in the past for local connections (the Magadan/Kamchatka network), with very few facilities: possibly just a small service building near the village, but nothing that would qualify as a real hangar or terminal.no ICAO CODE

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Lakolk Strand, Rømø [Off-Airport]

Romo Beach is a temporary runway used for military exercises. Temporary runways can also be created on highways, glaciers, or open fields in the countryside, and they do not have an ICAO or IATA identifier. Reality is very different from the simulated world: EKXX is an invention and does not exist in real life.

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Main runway of the Valunistoe mining complex

Main runway of the Valunistoe mining complex

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Valunistoe (airport)

It is located exactly in the area of the “Valunistoe” gold-silver deposit (Валунистое месторождение), operated by the company ООО «Rudnik Valunisty».

In Russian documents, it is referred to as a «взлётно-посадочная площадка на месторождении», meaning a takeoff-and-landing strip at the mining site, not an actual airport.

Agencies such as TASS regularly mention flights “Anadyr – Rudnik Valunisty”, meaning there is (or was) a regular or charter connection from Anadyr directly to the “Rudnik Valunisty” mining site, but it is always described as a mine destination, not as a certified airport.

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closed

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Pellicano Airfield (TOVIR

is closed

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Khovaling Airport

This airport is missing from the maps now and has been added to Google Earth thanks to an Italian YouTuber called Dave Legenda who speaks Russian and landed at this airport with an Antonov 28 very rare plane I added the link here.... little information about this airport but if someone lands there he could describe the rest

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Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport

11/sect/2021 As part of the radio navigation aid decommissioning program carried out by ENAV in accordance with European regulations for the transition to PBN procedures, on September 9, 2021, the Bari Locator ‘BPL’ 401.00 kHz and the Sorrento NDB ‘SOR’ 426.00 kHz were officially shut down. Consequently, all NDB STARs, NDB SIDs (L) 07 and 25, RNAV DIVKU 3F, and ILS/LOC X 07 and L 07 procedures at Bari have been suspended. The navigation aids were turned off via NOTAM, and after an impact assessment period, their permanent removal will be made official in the AIP through the AIRAC cycle.

The next scheduled shutdowns involve the Locators and NDBs of Falconara (November 4), Turin (November 4), Linate (December 2), and Pescara (December 2), followed by Perugia, Reggio Calabria, Voghera, and Genoa by the end of the year.

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Aereo Club I Templari

The real name of the airfield has always been Ceraso. It hasn’t changed in many years, so it’s simpler to just call it that.

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Aero Club I Templari

So, the "Il Nido delle Aquile" airfield has changed its name and is now called the "Aero Club I Templari". New management, and that's it.

I've attached the link to the official website.

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Bellamarinafly

Newfield in south italy

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re: Also known as Genoa-Sestri

here in Italy there are no districts, delegations or counties ------ you see it says REGION = Liguria, PROVINCE = Genoa with the writing GE, MUNICIPALITY = GENOA always with the writing GE.

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re: (no subject)

Reply to @Hinrik: But excuse me, if this airport is currently closed, you should have marked it with a red X.

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re: Uninhabited island

Reply to @david:

local code od island base is FR-0378

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Aereodromo Borovaya(Боровая)

RUSSIA scuola di volo seguo i video dal'italia "Russian flight school i lock video to you tube.

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Amundsen–Scott south pole airbase

Ok, I have assigned the identifier to the base and reordered the coordinates to make it visible on the map.

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Gh. del Léchaud

no more data

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Gh. del Miravidi breul

ATTENTION THIS TRACK IS FOR EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN RIDERS ONLY!!! MOUNTAIN PILOTS ONLY!!!!

no more data

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Gh. de la Sassiere

ATTENTION THIS TRACK IS FOR EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN RIDERS ONLY!!! MOUNTAIN PILOTS ONLY!!!!

or little data about it, however I would like to point it out to you as a place known to many mountain pilots.

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Granta Pareì ghiacciaio

ATTENTION THIS TRACK IS FOR EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN RIDERS ONLY!!! MOUNTAIN PILOTS ONLY!!!!

not have more information regard it but the place exist for moutain pilots