PIREPs by Achim

Very convenient airport, very accessible and surprisingly cheap. One of the best GA assets in Europe. Slots are required for IFR during the season. The arrival and departure procedures should be studi...

Nice airfield, very straightforward and with ample space. Thanks to a local sponsor who operates a jet, the runway was recently extended and is now fully asphalt. Unfortunately, there is no border con...

One of my favorite places in the US. Very attractive costs for super expensive Boston (try going to Bedford, you might not want your airplane back once you see the fee) and Falcon FBO is a fantastic F...

Indispensable stop on the North Atlantic route, always accessible with CAT I (even if the TAF is half a page long) and great and efficient service by Woodard. Been going there for many years. One tip:...

Always accessible (as opposed to Nuuk who no longer welcome GA) and very quick turnaround times with reasonable fees. The weather is usually better than the forecast and the staff are very helpful. Af...

Great airport for a fuel stop, very efficient and accessible. Been there many times over the years and the turnaround is always very fast with the fuel truck arriving immediately on shutdown and invoi...

It's not only a very expensive airport, the service is has become pretty poor. I have landed twice there in July and the Reyjkavik FBO which used to be the new kid in town is now the only FBO. First t...

Public airfield with fixed opening times, Jet, AVGAS, Mogas, a nice Italian restaurant and border police controls upon request. Can get bumpy with southerly winds (Foehn). Most of the time, it has VMC...

Straightforward, no PPR, etc. For 3.4 t €120, and each additional day €60. Getting a taxi is a challenge; for the return we simply asked locals in town to drive us—no problem. Rental car through the V...

Good airport. Requests now go to apron.comiso@aeroporto.catania.it and handling.comiso@aeroporto.catania.it. Friendly communication; procedures are professional and efficient. Price for 3 nights with...

For a large city, very inexpensive and convenient; especially nice that handling is not mandatory. A 3.5 t aircraft is only marginally more expensive than a 172. Be sure to bring chocks and a high-vis...

Quick response to request (PPR not required), airport very straightforward and efficient. 4 t aircraft for a short stay €150. According to on-site staff, there is always sufficient space for smaller G...

PPR and handling via Medavia with quick response. The airport is very large with long distances. Handling for a 4 t aircraft €200, €25 for PPR, €15 parking per day, and €11 airport fees. Some addition...

5 days with a TBM (3.4 t), total €156. Arrival and departure with an IFR flight plan change were absolutely trouble-free. Approach in poor weather via the Pisa ILS is possible; for departure the terra...

Three days IFR in a TBM for a total of 888 SEK, payment upon receipt of invoice. No handling required for < 3.5 t, only slot coordination by the FBO, for which there is no separate charge. New tram li...

Arrived IFR for 24 h with 3.4 t without prior notice. The GAT is staffed 24/7 and, if possible, would appreciate prior notification at briefing@bll.dk for better planning. The cost was 300 DKK. For an...

Three days with TBM: €158, parked on the paved apron. Customs/immigration clearance was surprisingly quick for Italy. No ATIS on Tuesdays; the flight plan must be closed by phone. On departure, AFIS c...

Excellent organization and service; limited parking space, so early reservation is necessary. 5 days with a TBM (3.4 t) cost €505—quite expensive for Croatia.

The procedures are still as described: registration and payment in advance via the club website, and then everything without staff on site. IFR approach and departure were very easy and convenient via...

Operations at the GAT are professional and it is very busy. Unfortunately, LGAV is the only aerodrome you can fly to from abroad and the costs are extreme. For 48 hours with a TBM via Skyserv I paid €...

My third landing in Nis—after having sworn every time before that I would never land there again, not even in the event of an engine failure right overhead the field—presented a completely different p...

With a TBM: landing €37 and parking €18.50 per night. Customs requests pre-notification for arrival and departure via a web form, but was not on site. Friendly and efficient procedures; the aircraft w...

Procedures are good and very fast. Use Romanian Airport Services for handling (the other one is much more expensive); they are a bit hard to reach: timisoara@handling.ro, +40740836942, but very friend...

IFR approach exactly as described in the AIP: either cancel IFR, or fly the ILS into LIRA and then cancel. The entry points are essential. Lengthy passport control in both directions. Since the office...

Handling mandatory per NOTAM. For a TBM, 2 nights on asphalt were €174 total. Grass parking is not good due to many small stones. Currently also passport control upon arrival from Schengen.

After Korfu became extremely expensive, Ioannina is the best AVGAS stop in northern Greece. Handling is good and friendly; €76 with AOPA discount for a Cessna 206 overnight via Skyserv. AVGAS €3. The...

LGST is right next to LGIR and is significantly faster, cheaper, and more pleasant than Heraklion, with no slots, etc. However, the operating hours are completely ridiculous; there’s no other way to p...

Good service but disproportionately expensive. Multiflight is only staffed until 1800Z at a major international airport and after that charges 95 GBP plus tax per commenced hour. Total for a landing w...

Excellent infrastructure thanks to the influence of the Brose company, no comparison to the previous US Army setup. PPR is more of a formality. The restaurant looks stylish but unfortunately serves o...

I’m surprised that Danzig only gets an “OK” on average. The field has everything you could think of: 24h, ILS, Avgas, customs, taxi/bus/hotel, and for its size and equipment it’s incredibly inexpensiv...