Fox_Glacier_Aerodrome

Fox Glacier Aerodrome

Fox Glacier Aerodrome

Airport in Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Fox Glacier Aerodrome (IATA: FGL, ICAO: NZFO) is a small landing strip serving tourist sightseeing and skydiving flights over the Fox Glacier and Southern Alps areas of New Zealand.

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A Cessna crash on landing in September 2008 left three people hospitalised.[1]

The airstrip was the location of an accident in September 2010 where nine people were killed when a parachuting flight crashed shortly after take-off.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Three hospitalised after Fox Glacier plane crash". TVNZ. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Report 10-009: Walter Fletcher FU24, ZK-EUF, loss of control on take-off and impact with terrain, Fox Glacier aerodrome, South Westland, 4 September 2010". Occurrence Report. TAIC. Retrieved 24 January 2014.


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