Cannes Mandelieu airport is relatively small airport southwest of the French Alps in the coast of Meditteranean French Riviera being often used as access airport for St. Tropez and generally the French Riviera by Corporate aviation.
In summer months or the Cannes Film Festival the airport is packed with Corporate Jets.
For the above reasons the airport can get really busy especially during summer months.
Briefing:
Cannes LFMD airport has a 4 degrees offset LOC DME approach for Runway 35 due to terrain west of the approach and is situated in between hills surrounding it and the seashore to the south.
Most frequent winds are from the south though and this require aircraft to proceed VISUAL after the LOC DME approach break to the northeast with PRESCRIBED TRACKS via LUXUS-PIBON for Runway 17 to protect the populated area below.
The airport has also a crosswind runway 760m long but this is not serving corporate jets.
Charts:
IFR
https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr ... fr-FR.html
Bottom Left -> AERODROMES -> AD2 -> LFMD
VFR
https://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr ... VFR_fr.htm
Bottom -> VAC AERODROMES -> Insert OACI (ICAO) code (e.g. LFMD) -> click OK
Flight Plan Alternate: LFMN Nice
FSΧ Scenery:
Freeware, old FS9 version converted to FSX
http://www.vf-air.com/FSX2.htm
You need only LFMDx2b to install. LFMDx2a is not needed to be activated. It masks only some default taxi signs which I could not see, so maybe it was for other FSX version.
If you have no detailed mesh terrain for the area, highly recommended are the following freeware:
Priority ABOVE
Mesh Alpes LOD11 v2 by Guy Nemoz
At bottom of http://www.vf-air.com/mesh.htm
Priority LOWER
Srtm3 Version 2 Mesh Europe by Raimondo Taburet
http://simviation.com//fsx_terrainmesh.htm
Other reference:
Real Airport http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... eu_Airport
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