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Noirmont

South-east-facing ridge site · 48 m takeoff

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Site guide

Noirmont is a hill site in UK with a recorded launch elevation of 48 m. It works best in south-easterly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.

  • This site can be thermic. One can fly over St Aubin's harbour and onto the ridge above La Haule. Source: ParaglidingEarth

Takeoff

  • Take-offSE-ESE. Top landing only for hang gliders. Very small bottom landing amongst rock outcrops48 m · Source: ParaglidingEarth

48 m · 49.1691, -2.1665 · Directions

Landing

  • LandingField behind take off.57 m · Source: ParaglidingEarth

57 m · 0.1 km away

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When to go

Flyable days per month in a typical year.

Flyable days for Noirmont 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 Airport5 km
  • GCI Guernsey Airport43 km
  • ACI Alderney Airport60 km

Public transport directions from Jersey Airport (Google Maps)All travel options from Jersey Airport (Rome2Rio)

Plan to reach the landing field or the nearest town to Noirmont; most takeoffs are reached by shuttle, cable car or a ride from a local pilot.

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This week

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  1. 20SE 24–24 km/h10–11 h
  2. 0
  3. 0

Today at Noirmont: No-go, 20/100 on our 0–100 flying scale.

Hour by hour, live wind and stations on the map

Today hour by hour
Hour by hour for Noirmont on Tue 29 Sep. Wind and gusts in km/h, scores on our 0–100 flying scale; night hours are not scored.
TimeWindGustsDirectionCloudRainTempScore
00:0036 km/h28 km/hE100%0.0 mm16°CNot scored
01:0030 km/h27 km/hSE63%0.0 mm16°CNot scored
02:0032 km/h16 km/hSE17%0.0 mm16°CNot scored
03:0038 km/h22 km/hSE100%0.0 mm16°CNot scored
04:0041 km/h26 km/hSE59%0.0 mm17°CNot scored
05:0041 km/h29 km/hSE99%0.0 mm17°CNot scored
06:0045 km/h29 km/hSE34%0.0 mm17°CNot scored
07:0046 km/h26 km/hSE100%0.0 mm18°CNot scored
08:0044 km/h33 km/hS100%0.0 mm18°C54
09:0046 km/h35 km/hS100%0.0 mm18°CNot scored
10:0050 km/h35 km/hS94%0.0 mm19°C56
11:0057 km/h39 km/hS100%0.0 mm19°CNot scored
12:0054 km/h42 km/hS100%0.0 mm20°CNot scored
13:0058 km/h43 km/hS100%0.0 mm20°CNot scored
14:0057 km/h39 km/hS100%0.0 mm21°CNot scored
15:0053 km/h39 km/hS100%0.0 mm22°CNot scored
16:0060 km/h34 km/hS100%0.0 mm22°CNot scored
17:0057 km/h37 km/hS100%0.0 mm22°CNot scored
18:0057 km/h34 km/hS100%0.0 mm21°CNot scored
19:0056 km/h29 km/hS100%0.0 mm20°CNot scored
20:0050 km/h28 km/hS100%0.0 mm20°CNot scored
21:0047 km/h30 km/hS100%0.0 mm19°CNot scored
22:0042 km/h30 km/hS99%0.0 mm19°CNot scored
23:0042 km/h32 km/hS100%0.0 mm19°CNot scored

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