23MAY20 / 1600Z, 1700Z, 1800Z - French Riviera: Cannes Film Festival Fly-Out @ LFMD

Grand Cannes Fly-Out - General Aviation

Cannes - a city that makes one dream, a city that redefines sophisticated charm. The soft climate, which is so beneficial to health, and the sun of Provence, which makes people appear in their best light, make the region a heavenly place to live. A special atmosphere is in the air, which might be a touch of glamour that brings the city along the Côte d’Azur to live.

The airport of Cannes-Mandelieu is the ideal gateway to the french riviera for general aviation located directly at the Mediterranean Sea. For many years the aerodrome constitutes an excellent turntable as well for business travelers as tourists and influences as one of the world’s busiest general aviation airports the well-being of the Côte d’Azur.

Every year in May, the world-famous international film festival takes place in Cannes, which induces the airport to its peak period. The popular event increases the number of private aircraft movements in Europe like no other. Initially, the festival would have ended on May 23, causing a wide range of filmmakers, celebrities, sponsors, and public figures to hop back on their jets. The idea of this Infinite Flight event is to recreate this spectacular scene.

Event Specifics

Date and time
First Wave - 2020-05-23T16:00:00Z
Second Wave - 2020-05-23T17:00:00Z
Third Wave - 2020-05-23T18:00:00Z
Server - Expert Server
Livery - General Aviation

Airport Guide

Taxi Guide
Due to the lack of space, the taxiing out of your parking lot requires following the instructions below. The event reminder, which is sent 48 hours before departure will include a personalized taxi explanation for each pilot in regards to the parking lot, he or she has chosen. Please note that none of the parking lots require pushback.

GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25 + GA Ramp fuel 2

GA Ramp 21/22/27/28

Pilots spawning at the parking lots mentioned above may begin their taxi whenever they wish to, whereby the right aircraft must taxi first. This means that the aircraft on GA Stand 22/27 must leave its parking lot first before the aircraft on GA Stand 21/28 may begin to taxi.

GA Ramp 29/30/31

Pilots spawning at the parking lots mentioned above may begin their taxi whenever they wish to, whereby they have to pay attention to the aircraft next to them.

Canadair Ramp 1/2 + GA Ramp fuel 1 + GA Ramp 7 + Heli Ramp 2

Pilots spawning at the parking lots mentioned above may begin their taxi whenever they wish to. Please pay attention when entering the main taxiway. Canadair Ramp 1/2 is located directly at the hold short line.


Ground Movements


Gate Assignment
First Wave
Starting Location Destination ICAO Aircraft Destination city IFC name
GA Ramp 6 LSZH C750 Zurich @Beniamino
GA Ramp 7 LXGB CRJ2 Gibraltar @Neman_Rahmani
GA Ramp 8 EGLF C750 Farnborough @Alexian61
GA Ramp 10 LOWI C750 Innsbruck @Manav_Suri
GA Ramp 11 LOWI C750 Innsbruck @Aviation-21
GA Ramp 13 LFPB CRJ2 Paris @AviatorNikola
GA Ramp 14 KSTL 737/BBJ St. Louis @United2
GA Ramp 15 LSGS A318/ACJ Sion @Addaick
GA Ramp 17 KEGE B737/BBJ Eagle County @SunDown
GA Ramp 20 LECO CRJ2 Alvedro @CaptainLunardo
GA Ramp 21 LFKC CRJ2 Calvi @ThomasThePro
GA Ramp 22 LIMC C750 Milan @BinaryChess
GA Ramp 24 EGKB CRJ2 Biggin Hill @candrej
GA Ramp 25 LIEO A318/ACJ Olbia @Rocco
GA Ramp 27 LEBL C750 Barcelona @MJP_27
GA Ramp 28 EGTB TBM9 Wycombe Air Park @Captain_Tank
GA Ramp 29 LIPZ TBM9 Venice @Rilej_aviation
GA Ramp 30 EDLK SR22 Krefeld @marcelschmidt
GA Ramp 31 LFLJ TBM9 Courchevel @DanVenezuela
GA Ramp fuel 1 LFLJ TBM9 Courchevel @Captain_Zen
GA Ramp fuel 2 LSZS TBM9 St. Moritz @Will_A
Canadair Ramp 1 LFTH DH8D Toulon @PC12PILOT
Canadair Ramp 2 LFQQ DH8D Lille @DimitriB
Canadair Ramp 1/2: Parking lots reserved for the fire-fighting service of the Sécurité Civile. (Canadair CL 415 - Dash8 Q400MR). The special parking lots located directly in front of the hold short line of runway 17 are made to keep the aircraft ready for takeoff.
Second Wave
Starting Location Destination ICAO Aircraft Destination city IFC name
GA Ramp 6 TNCM C750 Sint Maarten @Balloonchaser
GA Ramp 7
GA Ramp 8 TNCM C750 Sint Maarten @FLY_BOII31
GA Ramp 10 GCTS A318/ACJ Tenerife @ILOVE7879-2.0
GA Ramp 11 EIDW B737/BBJ Dublin @ColtonS
GA Ramp 13 LQSA TBM9 Sarajevo @AmarKoric11
GA Ramp 14 LEMD A318/ACJ Madrid @Vanguard
GA Ramp 15 LFPG A318/ACJ Paris @Delta23
GA Ramp 17 LSZS B737/BBJ St. Moritz @AZ001
GA Ramp 20 LESU TBM9 Andorra @David_Mullen
GA Ramp 21 EHTE C750 Teuge @Emiel_l
GA Ramp 22
GA Ramp 24 BIAR A318/ACJ Akureyri @EmilioF
GA Ramp 25
GA Ramp 27
GA Ramp 28
GA Ramp 29
GA Ramp 30
GA Ramp 31
GA Ramp fuel 1 LSGY TBM9 Vaud standby for IFC name
GA Ramp fuel 2 LMML TBM9 Malta @Abbasbeloved
Canadair Ramp 1
Canadair Ramp 2
Canadair Ramp 1/2: Parking lots reserved for the fire-fighting service of the Sécurité Civile. (Canadair CL 415 - Dash8 Q400MR). The special parking lots located directly in front of the hold short line of runway 17 are made to keep the aircraft ready for takeoff.
Third Wave
Starting Location Destination ICAO Aircraft Destination city IFC name
GA Ramp 6 LICG A318/ACJ Pantelleria @Cap_Raimundo
GA Ramp 7 LSGG C750 Geneva @MThef
GA Ramp 8 LICD A318/ACJ Lampedusa @AliAlex
GA Ramp 10 LFKC CRJ2 Calvi @Esteban_L
GA Ramp 11 LFMP C750 Perpigan @Kansas_Scotty
GA Ramp 13 LMML CRJ2 Malta @JayIOM
GA Ramp 14 LSZA A318/ACJ Lugano @Edoardo_C
GA Ramp 15 LPPT C750 Lisbon @Andre_S
GA Ramp 17 EGJJ CRJ2 Jersey @JerseyAnt
GA Ramp 20 KIAD C750 Washington @dca.iad.aviation
GA Ramp 21 LFPB CRJ2 Paris @Chuck_Aviation
GA Ramp 22 LEPA C750 Mallorca @Babacar
GA Ramp 24 LOWI A318/ACJ Innsbruck @TaipeiGuru
GA Ramp 25 LOWS A318/ACJ Salzburg @Rocco
GA Ramp 27 LFOB CRJ2 Paris @THEREALBKG
GA Ramp 28 EGKA TBM9 Shoreham @James_Harvey
GA Ramp 29 LFRB TBM9 Brest @Airborne971
GA Ramp 30
GA Ramp 31 LFPB TBM9 Paris @Jeremy351
GA Ramp fuel 1 LFMT C172 Montpellier @FLY_BOII31
GA Ramp fuel 2 LFLJ TBM9 Courchevel @Johanes
Canadair Ramp 1 LIEE DH8D Cagliari @Thunderhead
Canadair Ramp 2 LFPB DH8D Paris @NathanD
Canadair Ramp 1/2: Parking lots reserved for the fire-fighting service of the Sécurité Civile. (Canadair CL 415 - Dash8 Q400MR). The special parking lots located directly in front of the hold short line of runway 17 are made to keep the aircraft ready for takeoff.

Aircraft Selection

Due to the lack of space and the length of the runway only the aircraft listed below may be operated. Simply tap on your desired aircraft to view the suitable parking lots.

Cessna 172

Recommended parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 29/30/31
All suitable parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7/29/30/31/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Cessna 208 Caravan

Recommended parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 29/30/31
All suitable parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7/29/30/31/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Cessna Citation X

Suitable parking lots: GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Cirrus SR22

Recommended parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 29/30/31
All suitable parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7/29/30/31/7 or Heli Ramp 2

CubCrafters XCub

Recommended parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 29/30/31
All suitable parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7/29/30/31/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Daher TBM-930

Recommended parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 29/30/31
All suitable parking lots: GA Ramp fuel 1/2 or GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7/29/30/31/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Bombardier CRJ-200

Suitable parking lots: GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25/21/22/27/28/7 or Heli Ramp 2

Airbus A318-100 ACJ

Suitable parking lots: GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25

Boeing 737-700 BBJ

Suitable parking lots: GA Ramp 6/8/10/11/13/15/17/20/24/14/25

Bombardier Dash-8 Q400

Suitable parking lots: Canadair Ramp 1/2. Please only use the aircraft when intending to fly with the Securite Civil livery (fire-fighting services). To view more information, click on Gate Assignment.


Flight Planning

Flight Planning: Airport Charts
Flight Planning can be challenging, especially when following real-world procedures. To make your experience as enjoyable as possible, we have converted real-world SID departure routes to Infinite Flight waypoints that can be easily added to the beginning of your flight plan. As aircraft will most likely depart from runway 17, pilots are going to navigate according to SID “K” via DIMAD.

Waypoints: North Departure

LFMD DER17 MD409 ROLUP DIMAD AMIRO (resume own navigation after proceeding to AMIRO)

Waypoints: East Departure

LFMD DER17 MD409 ROLUP DIMAD USANO (resume own navigation after proceeding to USANO)

Waypoints: South Departure

LFMD DER17 MD409 ROLUP DIMAD OMARD (resume own navigation after proceeding to OMARD)

Waypoints: West Departure

LFMD DER17 MD409 ROLUP DIMAD STP (resume own navigation after proceeding to STP)


Chart: SID "K" via DIAMAD


Active IFATC

A big thank you to FrancescoM, who assisted me to arrange this spectacular event. As a local, Francesco knows the airport and its procedures very well and is going to be the air traffic controller. Additionally, the brothers Chris and Nick Wing are going to open the departure frequency to guide you through the SID departure route. Visit Flight Planning above for more information.


Due to its high popularity, the event consists of three waves, including a time lag of one hour in between each gathering. All procedures and rules defined in the event thread are valid for all waves. Sign-ups are now closed.

Please consider following remote stands as prohibited during the event due to large aircraft positioned in this sector: GA Ramp 16, GA Ramp 12. Taking-off generally requires the spooling up of engines, with brakes on, to minimize the time on the runway while maximizing as much speed possible.

48 hours prior departure you will receive a personal reminder updating you with important information.

Please do not hesitate in contacting us if any uncertainty occurs.

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Ill take GA Ramp 6 with a Cessna Citation X to LSZH

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You’re signed up! Thank you for participating.

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Hey I’ll take GA Ramp 7 for a Citation X to Mumbai (VABB). Thanks ;)!

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Sounds great!

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I would love to attend but it starts at 4am here, hope it goes well :)

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I apologize, Aero. Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to find a time that suits every pilot.

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I’ll be flying the TBM930 to LFLJ and my calsign is N241YD

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That’s going to be an exciting landing at Courchevel! You’re signed up for GA Stand fuel 1, which is located on the main apron.

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Thanks a lot! I actually never landed at courchevel, maybe I should train first

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I’d like to take a 737BBJ to KEGE callsign SunDown

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Exceptional choice!

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Hi mate, can I have this gate to LECO with a CRJ-200

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Certainly!

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Hi could I register for the fly-out ?

Livery: A318-100 ACJ
Callsign: BZTG
Destination: LSGS Sion

Thanks!

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it would be great to participate for sure. :-(

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Perfect, that’s all I need to know. Your parking lot for the event is GA Ramp 15.

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Thank you!

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Looks like a lovely event.

I’ll take any GA ramp to LSZS in the TBM-930.

Thanks!

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You’re signed up. Thank you for joining!

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