Fox Glacier Aerodrome Explained

Fox Glacier Aerodrome
Iata:	FGL
Icao:	NZFO
Location:	Fox Glacier, New Zealand
Coordinates:	-43.4619°N 170.0192°W

Fox Glacier Aerodrome is a small landing strip serving tourist sightseeing and skydiving flights over the Fox Glacier and Southern Alps areas of New Zealand.

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]

See also

• List of airports in New Zealand
• List of airlines of New Zealand
• Transport in New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three hospitalised after Fox Glacier plane crash . TVNZ . 21 December 2010 .
2. Web site: 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. 24 January 2014.