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La Silla (The Chair)

40🟢 Flyable today

Ecuador · Takeoff 464 m

Forecast next days

2026-06-1280

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~443 m, viento 10 km/h.

Wind max: 10 km/h
Base: 443 m
CAPE: 840
LI: -0.8
2026-06-1390

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~510 m, viento 9 km/h, con precipitación 1.3 mm.

Wind max: 9 km/h
Base: 510 m
CAPE: 890
LI: -1.2
2026-06-1415

No recomendable para volar, base de cúmulos ~526 m, viento 8 km/h, con precipitación 5.0 mm.

Wind max: 8 km/h
Base: 526 m
CAPE: 1110
LI: -2.4
2026-06-1515

No recomendable para volar, base de cúmulos ~504 m, viento 8 km/h, con precipitación 10.9 mm.

Wind max: 8 km/h
Base: 504 m
CAPE: 1180
LI: -3.3

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Takeoff description

It is a broad flat mountain top, and it is a point of convergence of thermals from different directions. It is better to place a few windsocks in different points of the take-off and at the centre and only take off when a consistent cycle comes in. The cycles are short and come every 15 or 20 minutes. [ES] Se debe alquilar camioneta o motocicleta para acercarse al despegue de ahi se camina 25 minutos hasta llegar al despegue, esta es una explanada amplia pero con 3 puntos de convergencias de termicas por lo que se coloca mangas de viento al filo del despegue y en el centro y cuando las dos apuntan al mismo lado se puede despegar, los ciclos suelen ser cortos y separados entre si con 15 o 20 minutos.