Flying Sites - Mendocino
Elk Creek, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ: Butler LZ: (39.5852,-122.5846) @ 1050’ MSL topo 3D
- Weather at launch:
- 1500ft LP: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- 3000ft LP: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated.
- Sticker:
- See also: SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes:
Elk Mountain, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- south: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- north: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H3, H2 w/ instructor recommended
- Sticker:
- See also: Sonoma Wings, FlyZephyr
PGE:6695
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: 4x4 required for launch road. Beware the power line in the alternate LZ
Hull Mountain, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- Timberline/main: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- lower: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- rock pile: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Turn-in-the-road: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- propane tank: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated (H3 recommended, experienced H2 w/ instructor)
- Sticker:
- See also: Sonoma Wings
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: Long glide from launch to LZ. Not appropriate without mountain experience.
Potato Hill, CA, USA #
St Johns, CA, USA #
- Launch:
- LZ:
- Weather at launch:
- south: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- west: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- east: current conditions + 5-day forecast, forecast area,
now,
12h,
24h,
48h,
72h,
Windy
- Live weather:
- Webcams:
- Soundings:
- WindTalker:
- Aeronautical chart: SkyVector
- Official page:
- Requirements: Unregulated. H4, experienced H3 recommended.
- Sticker:
- See also: Sonoma Wings
SpotAir
Thermal Map
- Notes: shallow slope launch, long glide to LZ’s. Usually an XC site.
The "Weather:" links for each site are based on latitudinal and
longitudinal coordinates of the launch.
The National Weather Service generates forcasts for a large number of
retangular-shaped "forecast areas" place in a grid all over the US.
The size of these areas is 2.5-by-2.5 km.