Soaring Sites - Places to Fly Gliders Worldwide
This site contains links to places you can fly gliders.  Such as airports, gliderports, soaring clubs, commercial soaring centers, etc.  It also includes links to web sites that have links to soaring sites.
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, JapanLithuania, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South America, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
United States of America
AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY

Other web sites with extensive links to soaring sites
landings.com - lots of links to soaring sites
gliding.start4all.com
Soaring Society of America - info. on clubs and commercial operations in the U.S. which are SSA chapters
Worldwide Soaring - Details on places to fly gliders around the world - Christian Suttner
Argentina
Asociacion Aeronautica Azul - Buenos Aires
Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros - Biggest and oldest South American Club, Located in Buenos Aires
Club de Planeadores Los Caranchos
Patagonia Soaring - Wave flying in Neuquen
Australia
Australian Soaring
Australian Soaring Centre - Corowa
Bathurst Soaring Club
- The BSC is the closest soaring club to Sydney with virtually unrestricted airspace (approx. 2 hours drive due west). The club has150 members, a club fleet of 3 trainers & 3 solo gliders, clubrooms, bunkhouse and owns its airfield. We welcome new members & visitors.
Beaufort Gliding Club - Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome near Melbourne
Beverley Soaring Society
Byron Bay Soaring - Joyflights, instruction, charter, NSW
Byron Power Gliding Club
- Gliding Club on the north coast of NSW, Australia with mostly motorgliders in the fleet, flight training, joy flights, ridge and wave flying with amazing views over the pacific ocean and beaches
Caboolture Gliding Club - Queensland

Canberra Gliding Club
Darling Downs Soaring Club
Geelong Gliding Club - Established in Victoria, in 1929, Geelong Gliding Club was the first gliding club in Australia.
Gliding Club of Victoria - Benalla
Gliding Federation of Australia
Harden Gliding Club

Lake Keepit Soaring Club
Mangalore Gliding Club - Locksley, Victoria, Australia
Morning Glory - Gulf of Carpentaria
Narrogin Gliding Club, Inc.
New South Wales Police Soaring Club
Orana Soaring Club - Narromine - Contact - Click to e-mail
Royal Australian Navy Gliding Association
Southern Cross Gliding Club - Camden (near Sydney)
Southern Riverina Gliding Club - Tocumwal
Waikerie Gliding Club - Glider training, hire, and maintenance 
Austria
Academic Flight Group Graz
Flugsportgruppe Union Linz - One of 3 clubs at the Linz-Ost gliderport
Belgium
CAP Vol a Voile
Discus - Belgian junior soaring site
Ghent Aviation Club - Amougies - Gliding school in the beautifull Flemisch Ardennes
Brazil
Soaring In Brazil - with photos of his Nimbus 4 and Links to South American soaring sites
Aeroclube de Balsa Nova - Próximo a Curitiba (PR) 
Aeroclube de Bauru 
Aeroclube de Jundiaí (SP) - Soaring club 25 minuts from São Paulo downtown
Aeroclube de Bebedouro 
Aeroclube de Plandores do Planalto Central 
Aeroclube de Tatuí 
Aeroclube de Varginha (MG) 
Aeroclube de Vôo a Vela do Rio de Janeiro - Nova Iguaçú Airport(ICAO - SDNY) near Rio de Janeiro, Our Fleet: 1 Aero Boero 200HP - tow plane, 2 Blanik L-13, 3 KW-1 Quero-Quero, 1 Grunau Baby II
Clube de Planadores do CTA  - Próximo a São José dos Campos (SP) 
Canada
Bluenose Soaring Club - Nova Scotia
Canadian Advanced Soaring (CAS) - Information about Cross-country Soaring
Club de vol à voile de Québec - Located 35 kilometers north west of the city of Québec
Erin Soaring - Ontario
Invermere Soaring Centre
Montreal Soaring Council - Links to other Canadian Soaring Sites
Soaring Association of Canada
SOSA Gliding Club - Canada's Largest Soaring Club - near Toronto/Hamilton, Ontario.
Vancouver Soaring Association
Winnipeg Gliding Club or Winnipeg Gliding Club - links page has links to many Canadian soaring sites
York Soaring Association - near Toronto
Croatia
Osijek Flight Club
SoaringCroatia, Osijek, Croatia
Czech Republic
Aeroklub Breclav
Denmark
Midtsjællands Svæveflyveklub
Svæveflyver
Vejle
Svaeveflyveklub

Vestjysk
Estonia
Ridali Lennuklubi
Finland
Räyskälä Airfield - The largest soaring (and sport aviation) center in Finland and Scandinavia, Located in southern Finland.
France
Aéro Club Sisteron
Centre Aéronautique de Beynes
Centre National de Vol à Voile
Martin Kroke - In the south France, Gap-Tallard airfield, Familiarization / training / safety / practice for towed take off, landings, slope-, thermal- and wave flights, distance mountain glider flights, aerobatic flights
www.planeur.net
Quo Vadis - Gliding aerodrome south of France run by Klaus Ohlmann, performance training, small and friendly aerodrome
Germany
Aero Club Landau PF. E.V.
Flugplatz-Leibertingen - German soaring Links page with hundreds of link
FTV Spandau

"idaflieg" Association of German Academic Flying Groups
Nolle, Patric
- Homepage, GPS Logger for Palm Pilot and soaring photos
Soaring Club Pinneberg - Site is available in English as well, Region: Schleswig-Holstein
Worldwide Soaring - Details on places to fly gliders around the world - Christian Suttner
Hungary
Soaring Club of Bacs-Kiskun Copunty - Soaring club situated on the big plane with winch launching and aerotowing capabilities.
www.landings.hu - Pilot holidays in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
Israel
Medigo Gliding Center
Negev Gliding Center
Italy
Aliante4g - Italian group soaring in the Alps
Centro Studi del Volo a Vela Alpino
Mugello Gliding - Aeroclub Volovelistico del Mugello - Soaring in Tuscany
Japan
Kaz SHIMADA's soaring and aerospace homepage
Lithuania
Kaunas Gliding Club
Lithuanian Gliding Federation
Šiaulių aeroklubas
SOARING.LT - General information about soaring in Lithuania. Also official page of "1st World Women's Gliding Championships"
New Zealand
GlideOmarama.com
Gliding New Zealand
Southern Soaring - Omarama
Tauranga Gliding Club, Inc.
Netherlands
Aeroclub Nistelrode
Drienerlose Zweefvlieg Club "Vlengellam"
Friese Aero Club - Leeuwarden
Twentsche Zweefvliegclub
Vereniging Historische Zwiefvliegtuigen - Vintage Glider Club of the Netherlands
Vliegclub Hoogeveen
Zweefvliegen - Gliding section of Royal Netherlands Aero Club
Zweefvlieg Club Deelen
Norway
Gardermoen seilflyklubb - Elverum / Oslo - Active Club, 80 members
Haugaland Seilflyklubb
Jaeren Seilflyklubb - Stavanger, Norway. We operate a motor glider SF25B.
Os Aero Klubb - 5200 Os
Poland
Aeroklub Polski
Bielsko-Bialski
Bieszczadzki
Central Gliding School of Polish Aeroclub at Leszno
Częstochowski
Gliwicki
Grudziądzki
Jeleniogórski
Kielecki
Krainy Jezior-Kętrzyn
Krakowski
Kujawski
Mountain Gliding School "Zar" - Very nice site!
Nowy Targ
Ostrowski
Pomorski
Poznański
Radomski
Rent an LS8t - Rent an LS8t in Warsaw, Poland or South Africa
Rybnicki
Słupski
Stalowowolski
Świdnicki
Warmińsko-Mazurski - official website of Aeroklub Warminsko-Mazurski in Olsztyn (NE Poland)
Warszawski
Ziemi Lubuskiej
Ziemi Pilskiej
Ziemi Wałbrzyskiej
Ziemi Zamojskiej
South Africa
Bloemfontein Gliding Club - Hosting club of the SA Nationals.
Drakensberg Soaring Club
Gariep Dam Aviation Club - long distance soaring site
Magalies Gliding Club
- Magaliesburg (NW of Johannesburg)
Rent an LS8t - Rent an LS8t in Warsaw, Poland or South Africa
Soaring Safaris - Bloemfontein
Soaring Society of South Africa - links to many clubs in South Africa
Vaal Reefs Gliding Club - North West Province
South America
Gustavo Barion's site - with photos of his Nimbus 4 and Links to South American soaring sites
Spain
Gliding in Madrid - Bienvenido a esta pagina Güeb
Sweden
Segelflyget - Swedish Soaring Federation - This site has links to over 50 soaring sites in Sweden
Switzerland
Site with links to Clubs in Switzerland
United Kingdom
Bath Wilts & N Dorset Gliding Club - Weekend gliding club in SW England
Black Mountains Gliding Club
British Gliding Association
Buckminster Gliding Club - Saltby Airfield, on the border of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
Cotswold Gliding Club - at Aston Down Airfield in Gloucestershire
Dorset Gliding Club
Essex Gliding Club - A short subway train ride from London.
Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club - Wormingford Airfield, Fordham Road, Wormingford, Colchester
General Aviation Awareness Council
Lasham Gliding Society
Midland Gliding Club on the Long Mynd
Nene Valley Gliding Club - many links to other soaring clubs
Norfolk Gliding Club
Sailplanes.co.uk - Classified ads. and books and software
ShireNewton - Trailers and repairs
Shropshire Soaring Group - Sleap Airfield, Wem, Shropshire - Shropshire Soaring Group is a small group of private owners who fly high performance fibreglass sailplanes. Because of the clubs geographical location, members are able to soar the wave systems generated by the Welsh mountain ranges.
South Wales Gliding Club
Staffordshire Gliding Club
Vectis Gliding Club, Bembridge, Isle of Wight

Yorkshire Gliding Club - Yorkshire's premier gliding and soaring site. Enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. Ridge, thermal and wave flying all year round!
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Soaring Links
United States of America
AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
Alabama
Birmingham Soaring Society - We fly from the Flying X Ranch Gliderport, a 2,900 ft turf runway in Montevallo, AL.
Huntsville Soaring Club
Alaska
Arkansas
Memphis Soaring Society
Arizona
Arizona Glider Stuff - Jim D. Burch
Arizona Soaring Association - Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Soaring, Inc. - Estrella Sailport
Prescott Soaring Society
Sky King Soaring - Mesa, AZ, Motorglider Soaring Rides and Gliding Instruction
Tucson Soaring Club -   El Tiro Gliderport - Tucson, AZ
Turf Soaring School - Peoria, AZ
California
Associated Glider Clubs of Southern California, Ltd.(AGCSC) - San Diego, CA
Bay Area Soaring Associates, Inc - San Francisco Bay area
California State Soaring Records
Caracole Soaring - California City, CA
Central California Soaring Club - Avenal, CA
Cypress Soaring - Hemet Ryan Airport in Hemet, CA
Elsinore Valley Soaring Club
Great Western Soaring School - Llano, CA - Instruction, Rides, Rentals
Hollister Gliding Club
JP Aviation - Jim Payne's site, Badge and Record Book
Lake Elsinore Soaring Club
Mountain Valley Airport - Tehachapi, CA
Orange County Soaring Association - Hemet Ryan Airport in Hemet, CA
Pacific Soaring Council, Inc. - PASCO
Sailplane Enterprises
Silverado Soaring, Inc.
Sky Sailing - Warner Springs, CA
Soar Truckee, Inc.
Steve's Soaring Service
29 Palms Soaring Club
Valley Soaring Association - Sacramento Valley, Williams, CA
Williams Soaring Center
Windhaven - Glider Rides & Instruction, Santa Ynez Valley
Colorado
Black Forest Soaring Society
ColoradoSoaring.org - Overview of soaring in Colorado
Colorado Soaring Association
High Flights Soaring Club - Colorado Springs, CO
Husky Aerotows
Mile High Gliding, Inc. - Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, CO - Cool web cam!
SoarWest
Soaring Society of Boulder
Connecticut
Danielson Soaring Association
Soaring Adventures of America
Delaware
Brandywine Soaring
Florida
Barry Soaring - West Palm Beach, FL
Miami Glider Club
Miami Gliders Flight School
North Florida Soaring Society
- Herlong Airport (23J), Jacksonville
Seminole-Lake Gliderport
- Orlando, FL
Tampa Bay Soaring Society
Georgia
Mid-Georgia Soaring Association - Walton County Airport, Monroe, GA
Southern Eagles Soaring
Hawaii
Acroflight International
Hawaii Glider Rides - Resource page
Honolulu Soaring - The Original Glider Rides
Soar Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago Glider Club
Chicagoland Glider Council
IIT Soaring Club
Illini Glider Club
Region 7 - by Richard Carlson
St. Louis Soaring Association
Silvercreek Glider Club
Sky Soaring Inc.

Windy City Soaring Association
Indiana
Central Indiana Soaring Society - Indianapolis
Iowa
Silent Knights Soaring Club - Ames Municipal Airport
Blackhawk Soaring Club - Muscatine Municipal Airfield (MUT) in Muscatine, Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Shreveport Soaring Club, Inc.
Maine
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association - Fairfield, PA and Frederick, MD
Massachusetts
Greater Boston Soaring Club
MIT Soaring Association (MITSA)
Michigan
Adrian Soaring Club - Adrian, MI
Marshall Soaring Club, Marshal, MI
Sandhill Soaring Club - Gregory, MI
Vultures Soaring Club, - Marlette Airport
Minnesota
Albert Lea Airport
Benson's Airport
Cross Country Soaring, Inc. - Faribault Airport, Faribault, MN
Faribault Airport
Minnesota Soaring Club
Minnesota Soaring Super Site - by Tom Rent
Minnesota Soaring Tasks and Waypoints
Red Wing Soaring Association
Soar Minnesota - Links to Minnesota soaring info.
Stanton Fun Cross-Country Tasks - Tom Rent
Stanton Sport Aviation
Mississippi
Missouri
Memphis Soaring Society
St. Louis Soaring Association
Silvercreek Glider Club
Montana
Montana Soaring
Nebraska
Omaha Soaring Club
Nevada
Air Sailing, Inc. - Reno, NV
Soar The Sierra - Reno, NV - Commercial operation, Contact: Neita Montague,
neitalibelle@aol.com, 775 527-2789
High Country Soaring
Las Vegas Valley Soaring Association
Minden Soaring Club

Nevada Soaring Association - Located at AirSailing Gliderport

Nevada State Soaring Records
Pacific Soaring Council, Inc. - PASCO
Palomino Valley Soaring
Soar Minden, Inc.

Soar The Sierra LLC - Air Sailing gliderport, Palomino Valley, 25 miles North of Reno
Soaring Center, Jean, NV
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Aero Club Albatross - A Premier Soaring Club - Blairstown Airport, New Jersey
Fly For Fun, Inc. - Somerset Airport (SMQ) in Bedminster, N.J.
South Jersey Soaring Society
New Mexico
Albuquerque Soaring Club
National Soaring Foundation
Sundance Aviation
White Sands Soaring Association
- Alamogordo
New York
Adirondack Soaring - Soaring Club Flying out of Saratoga Springs, NY
Entec Technical Services - Lowman, NY
Finger Lakes Soaring Club 
Harris Hill Soaring Center
Iroquois Soaring Association
Long Island Soaring Association
M&H Soaring - Big Flats, New York, USA
Niagara Soaring Club - Cambria, NY
Nutmeg Soaring Association - Freehold Airport (1i5), near Albany, NY
Saratoga Soaring Association
Triple Cities Soaring Society - Endicott, NY
Valley Soaring Club - Randall Airport, Middletown, NY
Wings and Wheels - Tim Mara's soaring supplies store
Wurtsboro Airport -
Glider Rides and Instruction just 1.5 hours from NYC
North Carolina
North Carolina Soaring Association
Piedmont Soaring Society, Inc.
- 10 miles (16 km) SW of Winston-Salem, NC
Soaring Central - Soaring Sites in North Carolina
North Dakota
New Soaring Club in or near Casselton, ND  - Contact: Walt Vollmers Click to email Walt
Ohio
Caesar Creak Soaring Club
Central Ohio Soaring Association
Cleveland Soaring Society
Soaring Thunderbirds
Oklahoma
Soaring Sooners
Oregon
Willamette Valley Soaring Club
Pennsylvania
Brandywine Soaring
Freedom's Wings International - Van Sant Airport (N51) in Erwinna, PA
Ridge Soaring Gliderport - Also known as Keystone Gliderport
Kutztown Airport
Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association - Fairfield, PA and Frederick, MD
Sport Aviation, Inc.
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Bermuda High Soaring - Lancaster, SC
South Dakota
Tennessee
Chilhowee Gliderport - Benton
Memphis Soaring Society
Smoky Mountain Soaring Association - Knoxville
SZD Sailplanes
Tennessee State Soaring Records
Texas
Caprock Soaring Club - Littlefield
El Paso Soaring Society
Fault Line Flyers - Austin
Greater Houston Soaring Association
Hill Country Motorgliding & Soaring - San Germinio Airpark, Gliding and motorgliding in San Antonio Texas. Demos and pilot instruction.
Marfa Soaring - Cross Country & Thermal Camp June 1 - July 15, 2002
Reese Center Soaring - Lubbock
San Antonio Soaring Society, Inc.

Soaring Club of Houston
Southwest Soaring Inc. - Caddo Mills
Texas Soaring Association - Midlothian
Utah
Cache Valley Soaring - Logan, UT
Cedar Valley Soaring - informational site, West of Utah Lake)
Elk Mountain Soaring - Morgan Utah (East Of Ogden)
Morgan Valley Soaring

Parowan Aero Services - Parowan Aero Services
Utah Soaring Association - Heber Valley Airport, Aircraft located at Heber and Morgan
Vermont
Post Mills Soaring Club - Post Mills, Vermont
Stowe Soaring - Morrisville, VT
Sugarbush Soaring - Warren, VT
Virginia
Blue Ridge Soaring Society - New Castle, VA
Shenandoah Valley Soaring - Eagle's Nest Airport, Waynesboro, VA
Tidewater Soaring Society - Garner Airport, Isle of Wight, VA
Virginia Soaring
Washington
Cascade Soaring Society - Pangborn Airport in Wenatchee, WA
Evergreen Soaring -
Largest Soaring Club in Washington State
L33 Sólo Owners' Unofficial Association
Puget Sound Soaring Association, Inc.
Seattle Glider Council

Spokane Soaring Society - Soaring club at Deer Park Airport near Spokane, WA
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Barry Aviation, Inc. - Land O' Lakes, WI
Sylvania Soaring Adventures
Wisconsin Soaring Society - Hartford  Airport (HXF)
Wyoming

Last Update: January 24, 2012

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