South Africa: Paramotor XC

Country · Paramotor XC · flights ≥20 pts · 2014–2025

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229flights ≥20 pts

19.1flights per year

73.1average points

344.9maximum points

22.7 kmaverage distance

156.1 kmmaximum distance

0.1XC days per year

6pilots

8active years

growingtrend

Feb–Julmain season

0 %foreign pilots

67 %weekend flights

XC days per year: days with at least 3 qualifying flights.

Regions

Name	Sites	Flights/yr	Main season
Gauteng (Grasslands)	5	16.2	Jan–Jul, Sep
Eastern Cape (Kouga)	1	2.3	Apr
Western Cape (Cape Town)	2	0.6	Apr–May

Most flown sites

Name	Region	Flights/yr	Main season	maximum points
Grasslands	Gauteng (Grasslands)	14.8	Jan–Nov	344.9
Kouga	Eastern Cape (Kouga)	2.3	Apr	79.6
Cors-Air	Gauteng (Grasslands)	0.5	Feb–Mar	288.2
Cape Town	Western Cape (Cape Town)	0.3	May–Jun, Aug	75.2
Middelburg	Gauteng (Grasslands)	0.3	Mar	80.2
Hermanus	Western Cape (Cape Town)	0.2	Apr	67.5
Emfuleni	Gauteng (Grasslands)	0.2	Mar–Apr, Jan	192.4
Bezhoek	Gauteng (Grasslands)	0.2	Apr–May	80.1

Records

Date	Distance (km)	Points	Route	Class	Site	XContest
Most points	2017-04-22	86.2	344.9	FAI triangle	Trike	Grasslands	↗
Longest flights	2019-07-13	156.1	156.1	Open distance	Trike	Grasslands	↗
Largest FAI triangles	2017-04-22	86.2	344.9	FAI triangle	Trike	Grasslands	↗
Foot-launch	2022-03-12	48.1	192.4	FAI triangle	Foot-launch	Emfuleni	↗
Trike	2017-04-22	86.2	344.9	FAI triangle	Trike	Grasslands	↗

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