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Megève Altiport is a high mountain airfield in the French Alps, serving the ski resort of Megève in Haute-Savoie some 5 km south-east of the town centre. Sitting at over 4,800 feet amid the Mont Blanc massif, it is a classic French altiport with a short, sloped runway and is used mainly for private, sightseeing and flying-school operations rather than scheduled traffic.
Megève Altiport (ICAO: LFHM, IATA: MVV) is a small public-use altiport in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France, lying about 5 km (3 miles) south-east of the town of Megève in the Haute-Savoie department. It sits at the foot of the Mont d'Arbois valley within sight of the Mont Blanc massif, and is used chiefly for private aircraft and helicopters, sightseeing flights and flying-school training rather than commercial services. For simulator pilots it is a well-known destination for mountain-flying practice, offering a close-up view of the roof of Europe on approach.
The altiport lies in the French Alps close to Megève, with the town centre a short distance to the north-west; it is accessible on foot, by road along the Route de la Côte 2000, or even directly from the ski slopes, since the field sits only about 200 metres from the foot of the Côte 2000 piste. No specific controlled airspace detail is given in available sources, but pilots should expect the field to sit within the busy Alpine general aviation environment shared with nearby airports such as Annecy, Chambéry, Grenoble and Geneva.
The field has a single physical runway, 15/33, surfaced in hard paving and lit. Landing distance for runway 33 is given as 2060 ft, while runway 15 is listed at 1780 ft; the differing figures reflect the one-way, sloped nature typical of French altiports, where approach and departure directions are dictated by terrain rather than wind. Field elevation is 4829 ft.
No communications frequency is published for Megève Altiport, and there is no instrument landing system. Pilots should expect to operate on a self-announce basis in the absence of a listed air-ground or ATC frequency, using standard French mountain-flying practice and referring to the current AIP and any local pilot-information documentation before flight.
As with other French altiports, operations at Megève are governed by the runway's slope: the alpes-helico source notes a runway gradient of around 7 percent, which typically dictates a one-way operating pattern with landings made uphill and departures made downhill, regardless of wind. Pilots unfamiliar with the field should treat this as a specialist mountain-flying environment requiring appropriate briefing and, in reality, specific qualification.
The altiport is a highly visible landmark from the air, sitting at the base of the Mont d'Arbois valley directly beneath the Mont Blanc massif. The Côte 2000 ski slopes rise immediately above the runway threshold, and the town of Megève itself lies a few kilometres to the north-west, providing a clear visual reference for pilots inbound to the field.
Megève Altiport has long served as an access point for the Megève ski resort and the surrounding Mont Blanc area, historically used for private flights, sightseeing and mountain-flying training rather than scheduled aviation. It appears in the French AIP and the register of the Union des Aéroports Français among the country's network of smaller regional and mountain airfields.
The altiport remains active for private aviation, with operators based on site offering scenic flights over the Mont Blanc massif and helicopter transfers to and from other Alpine airports such as Geneva, Lyon and Chambéry. A flying school also operates from the field, and a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the runway serves visitors before and after flights. The site is reported to be open all year and to have capacity for around fifteen based aircraft and helicopters.
