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Old 7th May 2001 | 23:50
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You may not be alone, but I for one do not agree with you.
I object to paying a landing fee when I am just calling into an airfield to spend money with them on buying fuel, sometimes oil, and helping to support their cafe. The AVGAS at airfields that charge a landing fee is usually sold at a good profit and often is more expensive than at airfields that don't charge a landing fee.
I have no objection to paying for overnight parking, or even all day parking if I am using the airfield as a convenience to visit something else.
At the end of the day, AVGAS is sold at a profit and the margin isn't small.
Landing fees seem to be increasing way beyond inflation and I can't believe they make much of an annual contribution to the running cost of many airfields. They do, however, deter visitors.
In the past few days (with the good weather) I have visited seven airfields without paying a landing fee:
Four have reciprocal arrangements with our club for free landings, one is always free, one had a fly-in and hence no fee, and one was a free voucher from "Flyer Magazine".
I kept buying fuel though !
Sorry to disagree with you, but in my opinion landing fees should be phased out at small GA airfields. If you want to add a penny a litre to the fuel instead, then thats fine by me.