This will enable you to use a specific altiport such as Courchevel. A mountain altiport has special characteristics. It has a short runway and a steep slope 12% increasing 18 % here at Courchevel. Take-off and landings are made in opposing directions, if you take-off down the slope and land up-hill .

Duration:
- 2 hours 30 : Ground School
- 4 - 5 hours : Flight training

You need to allow a total of at least 3 days to learn about the terrain, the aerology and about the effects of the sun and wind in a mountain environment.

General Programme :
- Altiport Rules
- Aeroplane performance giving consideration to height and temperature.
- Initiation into mountain navigation and training to enable safe passage of passes and peaks
- Consequences of local anomalies e ffecting control of trajectories in circuits, final approach, and landing..
- Landing Techniques
- Manoeuvring on to be taken
- Take-off
- Precautions to be taken

For your "Authorisation of Site" to remain current, no more than 6 months must elapse without use of the altiport.

Thereafter a new endorsement will be required.

In France, there are 7 altiports :

In the Alps :
- COURCHEVEL - MEGEVE - MERIBEL - ALPE d' HUEZ

In the Drome :
- MOTTE CHALANCON

In Ain :
- CORLIER

In Pyrenees :
- PEYRESOURDE .