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Most Popular Flying Site​​ in Macedonia​

Macedonia is a mountainous country and has many beautiful places to fly.

We recommend the most popular places to fly with HG and PG.

​Mt. Galicica​

The take off site is situated on SE part of Ohrid Lake, 30 minutes drive from the Ohrid Town, and is accessed by a tarmac road. At a height of 1550 ASL, the grassy take off slope, looking over the Ohrid Lake. Take off faces west and so the flying day starts afternoon around 1pm. Main landings is grassy fields near to Village of Ljubanista on 700 m ASL. Flying season is from April to October.
 

​Krushevo

The take off site is just 5 minutes drive from the town Krusevo, and is accessed by a tarmac road, and has lots of parking space. At a height of 1400 ASL ,the  grassy take off slope, looking over the Pelagonian valley.Take off faces East and so the flying day starts early.The valley floor itself is 600 metres ASL and is encircled by mountains. There is therefore lots of opportunity for closed circle tasks and triangular tasks and the thermals  function very well  in the valley after midday. Landing is never a problem with large, unfenced  and often empty fields everywhere and very friendly local farmers! The valley  also has a good network of roads and that makes retrieval easy .​
 

​Popova Sapka

​The take off site is 20 minutes drive from the town Tetovo, and is accessed by a tarmac road, last 3 km are off road. At a height of 1700 ASL ,the  grassy take off slope, looking over the Polog valley.Take off faces East and so the flying day starts early.The valley floor itself is 300 m ASL and is encircled by mountains. Flying season is from June to October.

​Skopska Crna Gora

The take off site is 45 minutes drive from the capital Skopje, and is accessed by a tarmac road, last 1km are off road. At a height of 1600 ASL ,the  grassy take off slope, looking over the Skpje valley.Take off faces South and so the flying day starts early. Flying season is from April  to October.

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