Fox Glacier Aerodrome facts for kids
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Fox Glacier Aerodrome
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| Location | Fox Glacier, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°27′43″S 170°1′9″E / 43.46194°S 170.01917°E |
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.
A Cessna crash on landing in September 2008 left three people hospitalised.
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.
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