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Local name: Vetrovnik AERODIUM Logatec
Logatec, Slovenia
Karst & Inner Carniola
At Aerodium Logatec you step into a vertical column of air strong enough to hold you off the ground, with an instructor flying beside you the whole time. No jump, no parachute and no previous experience are needed, and all the equipment is handed to you on arrival. Flights are sold in minutes rather than hours, so most visitors build a wider day around the trip. Logatec is half an hour from Ljubljana, directly on the road to Postojna Cave.

Plan Your Visit

Highlights

All equipment provided
Instructor-led first flight
Open-flow flight chamber
Spectator viewing area
Genuine freefall sensation
No experience required
Skydiver training facility
Vertical wind tunnel flight

Safety Notes

!Follow instructor signals at all times
!Health restrictions apply
!High noise level
!Remove jewellery and tie back long hair

Photo Tip

From the spectator area at chamber level, frame the flyer suspended in the airflow with the instructor still in shot. The chamber is well lit, so this angle gives the clearest view without needing to move around the venue. Photographing or filming your own flight for personal use is allowed; broader filming requires prior arrangement.

Before You Go

!Advance booking required
!Check opening hours
!Indoor visit
!Lockers available
!Minimum age applies
!Safety equipment provided
!Sports clothing and footwear required
!Stairs inside
!Ticket required
!Weight and height limits apply

Access & Parking

Detailed access info in Plan Your Visit ↑
Almost everyone arrives by car. The venue sits in an industrial estate just off the A1 at Logatec, with parking directly in front of the building. Arriving by train is possible but involves a walk from Logatec station. The entrance has a ramp as well as steps, but the wind-tunnel level is upstairs and the lift is currently out of service, so a stroller or wheelchair has to be carried upstairs.

Interesting Facts

1
One of Slovenia’s confirmed public wind tunnels
At least two public wind-tunnel flying experiences operate in Slovenia: Aerodium Logatec and the wind tunnel at Nordic Centre Planica. Aerodium opened in 2015 beside the A1 motorway and runs as a dedicated instructor-led bodyflight venue for first-timers, families and experienced flyers. Its position between Ljubljana and Postojna makes it a particularly practical wind-tunnel stop on the central-western travel corridor.
2
The fans sit underneath the flight chamber
The Logatec tunnel uses an open-flow layout, with the fans below the flight chamber rather than beside or above it. Air is drawn in from outside, pushed upward through turning vanes into a contractor and then into a vertical flight chamber about 3.7 metres across and around nine metres tall. That arrangement gives the chamber an unobstructed feel, and it is also why regular flyers describe the air inside as noticeably cooler than in recirculating tunnels.
3
The technology began as parachute training equipment
Vertical wind tunnels were not invented for entertainment. They were developed so that military parachutists, and later astronauts, could rehearse body control in free fall without the cost and risk of repeated jumps. Recreational flying grew out of that training role and only became a mainstream leisure activity in the last two decades. Skydiving clubs still use tunnels this way, and instructors at Logatec routinely coach people preparing for their first jump from an aircraft.
4
Two minutes in the tunnel outlasts a real skydive
The entry-level flight is sold in two-minute blocks, which sounds brief until you measure it against the activity it simulates. Two minutes of tunnel time is roughly equivalent to the free-fall portion of two standard tandem jumps from around four thousand metres. Everything else in a real skydive is the climb and the canopy descent, so the tunnel concentrates the part most people actually came for.
5
The instructor flies with you, not beside a rope
Nobody is attached to anything in the chamber. An instructor is in the airflow throughout, holding and correcting your body position by hand using grips built into the flight suit, and as confidence grows the pair can climb several metres above the floor together. Communication is entirely by hand signal, because the noise makes speech useless once the fans are running. That signal set is taught in the briefing before anyone puts on a suit.
6
The brand behind it began in Canada in 1979
The AERODIUM name traces back to the Canadian inventor Jean Saint-Germain, who opened the first commercial recreational vertical wind tunnel in Quebec in 1979 after running two parachute schools. He wanted his students to practise free fall more efficiently. The concept was later developed commercially in Latvia, where AERODIUM Technologies now designs and manufactures tunnels. The Logatec venue is that company’s permanent Slovenian location rather than an independent copy of the idea.
7
The same brand flew a snowboarder at the Turin Olympics
One reason the name is recognised far beyond skydiving is a performance at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where an AERODIUM unit lifted a flying snowboarder in front of a global television audience. That machine was a custom-built unit shipped from Latvia, not the Logatec tunnel, which opened nine years later. The connection is a brand inheritance rather than a local event, but it explains the company’s unusual show-business background.
8
Competition flyers train here too
Alongside first-time visitors, the tunnel hosts competitive indoor skydiving and training. The current official booking offer includes separate 20-minute Flight School and 60-minute Flight Academy products for children and adults, while the sport offer lists 15-, 30-, 60- and 300-minute blocks. Individual sport coaching in 2026 is charged separately at EUR 150 per hour of sport flying.
9
Most of the visit happens outside the chamber
A booking is not simply a turn in the airflow. The published sequence runs about ten minutes for check-in and the safety declaration, fifteen minutes of briefing and body-position practice, then ten minutes to fit the flight suit, helmet, goggles, gloves and ear protection before anyone enters the chamber. Most sessions end with a demonstration flight by the instructor and a certificate. That structure is why an activity measured in minutes of airtime fills one to two hours of the day.
10
A genuine wet-weather option in a region built for sunshine
Inner Carniola sells itself on caves, castles and karst landscapes, many of which are more enjoyable in fair conditions. The wind tunnel works in most ordinary weather and is a strong alternative when outdoor plans collapse. Its position on the Ljubljana–Postojna corridor helps, since a rearranged day can pair an indoor flight with an underground visit without significant driving. The published exception is thunderstorms, when flights can be cancelled.
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Quick Facts

Estimated visit time
1–2 h
Best season
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Walking difficulty
Easy
Family friendly
Yes
Pet friendly
Yes
Entry Fee
Reservation required
Access type
Direct roadside access
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