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Landed there in July 2026. Bumpy 500 m gras runway. Runway 03 with an upslope. Be prepare. No fuel.
Really friendly and nice people at the field. Really uncomplicated with the new established "Fliegen ohne Betriebsleiter" (former mandatory flight operation manager in Germany) procedure. PPR is mandatory. PPR request via website with automatic answer. Approach and departure during VFR hours on your own with blind calls. Bikes for rent (15,- EUR/day). Landing fee 10,- EUR for any aircraft. Overnight parking is 10,- EUR per night.
There is a honesty box at the tiny tower where you deposit your fees and bike rental fee. The automatic PPR reply contains the code to open the garage for the rental bikes (help yourself).
Don't forget to submit your landing and departure time online using the QR code printed at the tower.
10 minute walk to the sandy beaches, restaurants and pubs. There is a bus station at beach where buses are leaving for Timmendorfer Strand if you don't want to go by bike.

Loved the really uncomplicated airfield (for German airfields) procedure. Will come back.

The aerodrome is located south of Cheb / Eger and north of the lake. Landing fees are on a voluntary basis. Avgas 2,80 €/l. Coffee available in the clubhouse. Taxi to town 10 €. You can easily spend a few hours in Eger. The taxiway runs along the edge of the concrete runway. Landing on grass (south of the concrete runway) is also possible. Departures are also possible outside the published hours.

Flight from Germany to LKKV on a flight plan. Arrival via Whisky1 route (Whisky–Bravo). Lots of training traffic with C152s.
Parking stands are equipped with tie-down rings.
Picked up at the aircraft by an apron vehicle. Payment then in the building (landing fee calculated by rounding up to whole tons). For us, <1 t: 1040 cKr = €43 for landing and one night. Transfer into Karlsbad by UBER or BOLT, slightly cheaper than a taxi (about €10.50). Karlsbad was very busy due to the 60th film festival.
Aerodrome opens on Saturday from 0900 local. Access via the baggage security checkpoint, then shuttle back to the aircraft.
Departure via Whisky1 departure route, direct Whisky without Bravo. This deconflicts arriving and departing traffic. Good English on FIS and Tower.

Beautiful mountain airfield that gets busy on nice days with all sorts of traffic. We paid 60€ for landing and two nights parking with a Mooney in July 2026, so it’s not cheap but service was extremely friendly and the location is worth it. Like many other ADs LOIJ has noise sensitive neighbors, so stick to the published pattern.
The restaurant at the field offers nice food (especially the Kaiserschmarrn) and beautiful outdoor seating.
The town of St. Johann is less than half an hour on foot. It’s a touristy place that draws a more traditional crowd than nearby Zell am See.

Hangelar used to be infamous for the absurdly tight tolerances they mandated when flying the pattern, however these days are over. They still expect you to follow the published pattern but nobody enforces that with distance measuring binoculars any more.
When we visited in July 2026 the guy on the radio was really friendly. We paid via Aerops so had no contact to anybody else. Landing and one night with a 1420kg Mooney was 38€ - not cheap but acceptable IMHO.

Very friendly airport. Very proffesional and friendly ATC in the (IFR) approach.
Plenty of parking. Paying your fee's is inside with a QR code. Landing en parking for SR22: GBP 109,-- (€ 128,60).
Train to London city is 10 min walk en brings you in 50 minutes to Liverpool station.

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Very friendly people there. Handling service by Skyserv. The landing fee for a Cessna 414 with 2880 MTOW was 60,60 € with AOPA Crew Card. AVGAS paid with Air BP Sterling Card. Customs possible, when leaving Greece from Syros to other countries.

Nice little airfield charges reasonable, Landing + Hangarage outdoor for 2 nights was about £70. Fuel reasonable.
Parking outside not really ideal for Cirrus SR20 wheels dont fit on concrete pads and can get bogged down in Grass.
Birds on approach -- loads of them! Watch out.
Tell the taxi to come to the helicentre or they get lost.

Generously sized aerodrome; VFR and IFR ops possible. Very friendly, helpful staff. Self-service fuel pump with credit card, now operated by the aerodrome/EDEIS. 6/26 AVGAS 2,58€. Taxi to Perigeux € 25-35. Overnight at the centrally located Hotel Mercure. The city, with its very long history, is well worth seeing. Plenty of dining options in all price ranges. Landing and 2 days parking, MTOW 1,25to 41,38.

Beautiful visual approach from the north with a 3 NM final along the coast to runway 09. Handling is mandatory and must be arranged via myhandlingsoftware.com. E-mail no longer works. Fuel with BP-carnet or credit card via the handling company on the northwest side. Longer parking on the southern apron Kilo; you will be picked up there by Handling and, if needed, taken to the car rental 500m away, where all major car rental companies have an office. Key drop-off is somewhat hidden in the corridor between the offices. Handling service is good; however, any changes to arrival or departure time should be communicated via myhandlingsoftware, as staff are scheduled accordingly. The cities of Biarritz, Bayonne, the coastal towns to the south, as well as the mountain area to the east (vallée des aldudes), are well worth seeing. 6/26 Landing/Handling/4 days parking MTOW 1,25to € 286,46

Idyllically located in the Simmental, the former Réduit airfield of Zweisimmen is today used only for civil operations by powered and glider clubs, as well as by REGA as a helicopter base. Straightforward PPR request via V-Tower on Vereinsflieger; approval came quickly. A briefing is not mandatory but is recommended if you are not yet fully proficient in mountain flying. Approach and departure are quite demanding; the runway at 587 m is not overly long either. Saanen is easier by comparison.

Fees (25 CHF for 1100 MTOW) can be paid in cash, via TWINT, or by bank transfer. You self-report the actual takeoff and landing times online via V-Tower, where you also submitted the PPR request. Friendly, welcoming reception on site from the powered and glider pilots. Daytime parking is free. Customs is unfortunately not available, so the aerodrome can be used only for domestic flights. In the winter months it is also closed to visiting aircraft.

Directly next to the aerodrome are both Zweisimmen railway station and the valley station of the Rinderbergbahn. An ideal starting point for various mountain leisure activities. There are also several restaurants in town.

Still—unlike practically all other aerodromes in Croatia—can be flown to without prior notice/parking approval. Opening hours and ATS hours per NOTAM. Parking uses both "grass positions" and asphalt positions—apparently without any system. You can probably reserve an asphalt spot in advance if you insist. The marshaller on the ground is quite puzzled if you do not want to taxi onto the "grass area" with its many stones and pebbles, and instead prefer to move the aircraft by hand. Positive: fuel still arrives very quickly; refueling is done before you have even finished with the aircraft. Otherwise, as ever in Losinj: finding a friendly face among the (plentiful) staff is almost impossible. Why? Instead you are asked again and again "do you need transport?" No, not at your sky‑high prices! Fuel must be paid immediately; fees at departure, though on request you can also pay them upon arrival so you do not lose time on the day of departure. €150 for 1–2 tonnes with two nights of parking is really cheeky; we therefore treat ourselves to Losinj only every few years.

For accommodation I still recommend Mare Mare. Anna and Dinko continue to run it with great care and the prices remain acceptable. Tip: do not book via booking, but directly with the operators, because if, as a pilot, you cannot make it at short notice, you have a chance of being let off cancellation fees as a courtesy. Dinko is also a very experienced skipper and offers very individual tours to great swimming spots with his 225 hp boat; unfortunately he intends to sell it in the foreseeable future and no longer act as skipper.

Food: we still find Baracuda good in every respect; the restaurant has been taken over by, among others, one of the waiters who has been there for 24 years. Dinko now rather recommends Boccavera; apparently they took over Baracuda’s former head chef. But it is even more expensive for fish. In Veli Losinj, apparently only Marina is recommended (reserve).

Departure: the field opens only at 0900 local, and of course you are only let onto the premises at that time. Therefore the earliest departure is around 0920, which can already be a bit late for an Alps crossing. In the morning there is sometimes a bit of rush hour at the field. VFR departure to the north (PUL) is coordinated with Pula, so you can usually climb directly northbound to cruise altitude.

Conclusion: thanks to the beauty of Losinj still just about three stars; the airport itself really only gets 1.5 (for the fact that it exists).

ATC was entirely routine and quite friendly. The constant lecturing from years ago seems to be gone. A 'recommended noise abatement traffic pattern' also no longer appears to be truly published or promoted—at least not directly by the airport; currently I only find it here: http://www.lufthans.net/edma%20platzrunde.htm. Hours of operation on weekend mornings are not great (from 0900). Short-term parking is on Apron 2. Fees for an SR22 are quite high at 44 Euro for one landing, but the field is IFR. Fuel is available at astronomical prices (BP). On departure, the 'Verkehrsleiterbüro' was not staffed and the employee apparently forgot to take the mobile phone when leaving. That can happen; however, nearly 30 minutes were lost for no good reason, which is a minus. High-visibility vests are mandatory as well. Otherwise, a completely deserted airport on a hot Sunday at midday.

Good aerodrome with ATC and VFR/IFR traffic. Very well organized. On-field restaurant available. Fees have skyrocketed this year.

Landing fee 600 kg MTOW: 27.-

PIREP from a fellow pilot:
Very modern aerodrome.
Arrival at the airport at 0900. Then, not entirely unexpectedly, it gets laborious: we were missing a piece of paperwork we had never received. Cue a lot of radio calls and a handling agent who, by her own account, was doing this procedure for the first time. It took a full hour before we finally reached the aircraft after ticket check, security screening, customs control, walkways and a VIP shuttle ride. Plenty of room for improvement, but GA aircraft are apparently very uncommon here. Still, the fee of 62.- is extremely fair.

I flew to Venice Lido with the GlaStar for the weekend. I paid for an MTOW of 889 kg and 20 hours of parking: 98 euros. This has nothing to do with being cheap anymore...!
However, the airfield is very easy to approach, and you can easily reach the town by public transport boats. The airfield also has a restaurant on site.

The airfield was bone dry and therefore serviceable without issues. However, the runway condition is a bit bumpy. Landing fee Aquila: 11,60€. Refueling facility not used. Very friendly operations manager! We only used the airfield as a stopover.

Coming from Germany (D), landed there with an Aquila. Shortly before the border, Zürich Information handed us off directly to Colmar. Although the aerodrome has no control zone, you receive a landing clearance from Tower. Landing fee + 4h parking = 16,10€. A bus stop is right at the exit (Line D, Airport, 2€, cash or card). Get off at the stop Theatre. The bus runs several times per hour. Caution: Line D has two different termini; only take bus Line D Airport.
Airfield access after 17h: use the gate next to the Tower. The code is the first 4 digits of the aerodrome frequency.
Colmar is always worth a visit.
Fuel is also available, but we did not use it.
Airfield access is also possible via the gate on the side of the Tower. Code: the first 4 digits of the aerodrome frequency.

CAUTION: AVGAS at the self-service fuel station at 3,70 EUR/l!!! Unfortunately, the price, which is excessive even by nationwide comparison, overshadows the positive aspects: straightforward approach, long runway, relative proximity to Frankfurt, great dining.

IFR with a PA39 direct from D to Jersey. You need a UK ETA and send the Aeroclub a GenDec for PPR (everything is here https://www.jerseyaeroclub.com/visiting-pilots/ or on the excellent site https://www.fliegen-in-uk.de/). IFR approach was easy; ATC was British, courteous and professional - we had delay vectors due to traffic. Parking on grass by the Aeroclub - straightforward, but as others have noted, take care when taxiing. There are a few holes here and there. Aeroclub staff were super friendly with very few formalities. We had a Sixt rental car at the terminal (AOPA discount) - perfect for discovering the island's many facets. Especially recommended in our opinion is the north coast, e.g., Piemont Beach. New and quite startling for us landlocked folks: sea fog! From CAVOK to Low IFR in 2 minutes in June - take care. Self-serve AVGAS for an incredible GBP 1.51 (with AOPA discount)! Landing (1690 kg, 2 crew) GBP 24.88; handling by the Aeroclub GBP 30 (incl. 3.5 days parking). We had a great time and will gladly come back!

I used EDHL as an airfield for VFRN practice this spring. EDHL has reasonable opening hours and is highly accommodating to VFR Pilots. The landing fees are low for a towered airport and you can train the full suite of CTR operations without the hassle of a very busy airport.

If you plan to stay overnight in Lubeck (highly recommended), public transport is available and will get you to the center in about 15min.

There is a pilot lounge available with a coffee machine. No handling etc. required, very straightforward operations on the ground.

Great aerodrome. Lots of GA traffic and also military ops (training). The pizzeria has already been mentioned and is highly recommended. Public transport works reasonably well. Be aware of the aerodrome’s lunch break.

Still all very friendly and uncomplicated. Friendly staff from the office, through Tower, to Customs. Would gladly return.

A great aerodrome for GA and a gateway for exiting the EU.
Current AVGAS price as of 12 June 2026: 2.615 Euro / liter