Flight Deck
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Flight Deck is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rip Roaring Rapids, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Flight Deck is an inverted roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, the roller coaster made its debut as Top Gun on March 20, 1993. Paramount Parks acquired several parks in 1992 and themed new coasters already under development at various locations to the Top Gun film, seeking to expand its entertainment opportunities and promote its films. The line queue and station was themed to an aircraft carrier with various props and displays. After Paramount sold its amusement park chain to Cedar Fair in 2006, the roller coaster was rebranded as Flight Deck. Flight Deck reaches a height of 102 ft (31 m), a maximum speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), and features a total track length of 2,260 ft (690 m). It is the second inverted coaster to be built by Bolliger & Mabillard. The roller coaster was well-received by the public in its inaugural season.
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Wikidata Q1428707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rip Roaring Rapids: 0.0 mi
- Orbit: 0.1 mi
- Flying Eagles: 0.1 mi
- Rue Le Dodge: 0.1 mi
- Patriot: 0.1 mi
- Fuller Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park: 0.5 mi
- Agnew Park: 0.7 mi
- Fairway Glen Park: 0.7 mi
- Silva Parklet: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 0.4 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.6 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.7 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.9 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.9 mi
- 49ers Museum: 0.4 mi
- Intel Museum: 0.9 mi
- Triton Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 3.2 mi
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 3.7 mi
- Anything's Possible: 0.4 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 0.8 mi
- Saint John Paul the Great Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 2.0 mi
- Lupe the Mammoth: 2.2 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 2.5 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.5 mi
- China Camp: 2.1 mi
- The Port and Town of Alviso: 2.2 mi
- The Steamboat Jenny Lind Disaster: 2.2 mi
- Jamison-Brown House: 3.0 mi
- Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior: 3.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
- PayPal Garden: 3.0 mi
- Forge Garden: 3.6 mi
- Mission Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Charles Street Garden: 4.0 mi
- Anza Knoll: 7.3 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Monument Peak: 8.3 mi
- Monument Peak Northwest: 8.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 8.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 16.9 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 17.1 mi
- McClure Spring: 9.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.5 mi
- Spring source: 12.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 14.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 14.8 mi
- Drawbridge: 4.6 mi
- Lexington: 14.0 mi
- Alma: 15.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 16.6 mi
- Holy City: 16.7 mi
- Niles beach: 12.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 19.6 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.7 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.1 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 23.5 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 10.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.6 mi
- The Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.8 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Flight Deck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | E 80° | 1,169 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Day | E 84° | 1,163 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 209° | 985 m | 13.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 210° | 979 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 204° | 917 m | 13.5 mi |
| Antler Point | E 95° | 913 m | 14.7 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SW 216° | 892 m | 12.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 213° | 890 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
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- Santa Cruz · 29 mi
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