North America · Colorado, USA
Pikes Peak
v1.0 · BETA
About
Not normally flown much. You can only fly the east side here and it is a ridiculously long way to the LZ A 14,000 ft. mountain makes for a very advanced takeoff. All landing areas are quite far away so most of your altitude is used just to get to safe place to land. Bring oxygen.
Launch Points (1)
East launch
You can only launch east here. This is an early morning site
Landing Zones (1)
Garden of the Gods
Worth doing the flight for
Flying Conditions
Has 1 different launch points. The best wind direction is 90 @ 0 knts but many sites can be flown from multiple directions, so check before you fly. You can expect to find: thermal conditions cross country potential , all dependent on current weather conditions.
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Location
- Latitude
- 38.840323
- Longitude
- -105.042217
- Altitude
- 4,295 m / 14,092 ft
- Time Zone
- US Mountain Standard Time
Conditions
- Min Hang Rating
- H5
- Best Wind Dir
- E (90°)
- Weather Station
- KAFF
Chase the Wind
Nearest weather station to Pikes Peak. Select any row to see which launches are in wind, then set your MSFS world clock to that UTC time.
Air Force Academy Arfld, CO, US
13:13 UTC
24 km from site
Wind
SSW 200°
14 kt
Ceiling
BKN 0 ft
10+ sm vis
SSW 200° · 14 kt · 13:13 UTC
Select a time to check launches
Jan 21
Weather at , 24 km from Pikes Peak. Mountain conditions may differ — this is a clue, not a forecast. Adjust sim time on site until conditions feel right.