La Axarquia Leoni Benabu Airport (LEAX)

Practically the only GA-usable airfield along the entire Andalusian Mediterranean coast. It is apparently pronounced roughly like "La Ascharkia". Unfortunately, it remains a somewhat peculiar and not very welcoming airfield. On the Aeroclub de Malaga website there is a 59(!)-page briefing document. They did make an effort by translating it completely into English, but content-wise it is a disaster. It also states two essential points: - firstly, the airfield is PPR for all visitors - secondly, it essentially says that crews who cannot use Spanish on the radio must ensure there is a person on the ground to handle the radio and thus ensure integration into the aerodrome traffic.

So there is a double reason why you need an approved PPR to land there (reportedly, some local pilots, possibly even instructors, really insist that only Spanish be used on the radio).

We tried (admittedly on fairly short notice) by email and by phone with the Aeroclub; there was absolutely no response whatsoever. So the field remained closed to us and we did not fly there. Flight prevented by inflexible PPR rules! Of course, we could have simply flown there, played the clueless Germans and accepted the inevitable "shitstorm", but that isn’t great either.

So: on site things may usually end up friendly and pleasant, but the PPR requirement is basically a nuisance.