Courchevel Airport
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Courchevel Airport is a French
airport
that serves Courchevel
, a ski area. The airport has a very short runway
of only 525 metres (1,788ft) with gradient of 18.5 %. There is no go-around
procedure in this airport. De Havilland Twin Otters and Dash 7s have served the airport, but now more Cessna
s and helicopter
s serve the airport.
The airport is considered dangerous, having a difficult approach, an upslope runway and a hill with ski runs. The airport's elevation is at 6588 feet (2,008 m). The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports, ranks it as the 7th most dangerous airport in the world. The pre-credit sequence of the James Bond
film Tomorrow Never Dies
was filmed at Courchevel.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
that serves Courchevel
Courchevel
Courchevel is the name of a ski resort located in the commune of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise in the French Alps, in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes region. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world...
, a ski area. The airport has a very short runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
of only 525 metres (1,788ft) with gradient of 18.5 %. There is no go-around
Go-around
A go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach.- Origin of the term :The term arises from the traditional use of traffic patterns at airfields. A landing aircraft will first join the circuit pattern and prepare for landing in an orderly fashion...
procedure in this airport. De Havilland Twin Otters and Dash 7s have served the airport, but now more Cessna
Cessna
The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...
s and helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
s serve the airport.
The airport is considered dangerous, having a difficult approach, an upslope runway and a hill with ski runs. The airport's elevation is at 6588 feet (2,008 m). The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports, ranks it as the 7th most dangerous airport in the world. The pre-credit sequence of the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
was filmed at Courchevel.