About this flying site
Current meteo info can be found here [link] , where you can ind main info. Airfield is main landing so it is important to first contact operator: +385 (0) 51 250 114 (airfield) +385 (0) 98 720 170 ( Mr. Miljenko)
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Grobnik paragliding site and weather forecast
Live seven-day flying weather with launch direction, altitude and local site information for Grobnik.
Altitude818 m
Launch directionsS, SW, W
Coordinates45.3988, 14.5453
AreaCroatia
Site briefing
Planning information for Grobnik
Take-off
Grobnicko polje has threee take offs: Zbelac, Mrtvak i Hahlic. �belac & Jazvina are situated NE from sport airfield and are offten used. Coming to take off is by road to sky resort Platak. On one curve is cross road and there you leave your car on macadam road. Macadam road on the left goes to Jazvina and right one for Mrtvak. Mrtvak is higher take off 908m ASL. Take off is long enough and oriented from SE to SW. At good day you can climb instantly but the main thermal activity is in forn lower take off. For westerly winds it is best to use lower take of and for more south wind, higher takeoff. Zbelac has altitude 845m ASL. Start is short with few obsticles, take off not for begginers. Best is to wait thermal and then you are up in one second. Take off is big enough for parallee take off of four gliders. From main road it is 10 minutes on foot.
Landing
Landing is at 310 m ASL airfield. Nearest alternative anding is shooting range below Zbelac, but should be avoided because it is in military jurisdiction.
Access and parking
Grobnicko polje is situated in near town Rijeka and it si connected with highway Rijeka-Zagreb. It is favourite flying place of local pilots due to good road connectivity and skill needed for flying there. There is no ridge so thermal flying must be skilled. Terrain is flyiable whole year but best thermals are in early spring when there is still snow in the mountains but the fiels in front are clear.
Local weather notes
DO NOT FLY when BORA, N, NE wind!
Flight rules
It is forrbiden to enter at airfields landing zone below 600 m ASL. At landing you go over small hill Tur�in ( behind hangars) . For landing use zone marked at pictures.
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