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Bonne Nuit

North-facing ridge site · 104 m takeoff

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Overview

Bonne Nuit is a hill site in UK with a recorded launch elevation of 104 m. It works best in northerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.

  • This site was where the first hang glider soaring flight in Jersey was done by Nick Palmer on a McBroom Cobra in the late 1970's. Source: ParaglidingEarth

When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Bonne Nuit are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.

Getting there

Nearest airports

  • JER Jersey Airport7 km
  • GCI Guernsey Airport41 km
  • ACI Alderney Airport51 km

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Bonne Nuit; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot. Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where to stay

The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.

Things to do

For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Bonne Nuit.

From Wikipedia, text and photos under their own licences on each article.

Flying nearby

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Flying Bonne Nuit?

Takeoff, landing, rules, the hour by hour forecast and live wind are in the site details on the map.

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Sources

Short extracts from ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.

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