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Mount Benger paragliding site and weather forecast
UK. Live seven-day flying weather, launch directions and site information for Mount Benger.
Altitude467 m
Launch directionsSW, W
Coordinates55.5305, -3.0924
AreaUK
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Mount Benger is a hill site in UK with a recorded launch elevation of 467 m. It works best in south-westerly and westerly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring and thermal, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- hill
- Lift
- ridge soaring and thermal
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Mount Benger
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Mount Benger doesn't cover.
Tinto (North)northerly or north-easterly wind, 39 km away · Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club · 378 m · N launchHillend (Restricted)easterly or south-easterly wind, 40 km away · Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club · 441 m · N, SE launchCacrasoutherly wind, 10 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 301 m · S launchBodesbeck Lawnorth-westerly wind, 22 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 656 m · NW launch
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Paragliding sites near Mount Benger
Bridgend6 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 470 mWitchieKnowe7 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 411 mCacra10 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 301 m · S launchBodesbeck Law22 km away · Wingbeat Paragliding Club · 656 m · NW launchBroughton Heights25 km away · Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club · 430 m · SW, W, NW launchMoorfoots28 km away · Lanarkshire and Lothian Soaring Club · 420 m · NW launch
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