The XC-Open World Series event in Araxá is the first event for 2010 XC-Open World Series. It takes place from Oct. 10-17 2009. In sync with the FAI World Online Contest, we are running the XC-Open World Series events from October to October from 2009 on. So Araxá will be the start of the 2010 Series and Piedrahita will be the final competition.

A short description of the flying area Araxá

The Clube Araxaense de Voo Livre and it's president José Wilson are waiting for all XC-Open pilots to present them their nice town and the flying site. The take off Horizonte Perdido is located about 20 km outside of the city of Araxá. Araxá a city of about 80.000 inhabitants is famous for it's hot springs and the Grand Hotel. 

The prevailing wind direction on most days in October is North-East. The Take Off Horizonte Perdido is a grassy slope on top of a long ridge next to a restaurant facing the northeasterly winds.

The longest flight has been made by Marcelo Prieto (Cecéu) who landed after 253,5 km near the city of Bebedouro in Sao Paulo state.

New: The take off area in Araxá is currently (2009-04-02) rebuilt and enlarged. 20 pilots will be able to take off at the same time from the grassy slopes.

Also have a look at the power point presentation about the XC-Open in Araxá.

2009 XC-Open Araxá pilots registration list

Visit Araxá on Google maps here .