Gondola · la Guingueta d'Ix, France
Airelles Express
Airelles Express is a gondola near la Guingueta d'Ix, France. It climbs 186 m over 1.75 km, from 1,757 m to 1,943 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
41/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Airelles Express is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 124 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.10 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 338 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Airelles Express is near la Guingueta d'Ix, France, at 1,757 m above sea level (42.50533° N, 2.04198° E). From there it runs 1.75 km up to the top station at 1,943 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 408 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Pèlerins gondola · 7.0 km away · rises 449 m
- Ascensor inclinat funicular · 12.9 km away · rises 2 m
- Telecabina Coma del Clot gondola · 16.5 km away · rises 44 m
- Naguilhes cable car · 20.6 km away · rises 894 m
- TCB Cadí-Moixeró gondola · 22.6 km away · rises 626 m
- Telecabina Cadí-Moixeró gondola · 24.1 km away · rises 172 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.