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Old 19th August 2009 | 18:32
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FougaMagister
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Most of the champagne vineyards are in close proximity to Reims and Epernay, so that limits you to those two airfields. Reims-Champagne (LFSR) is first and foremost a French Air Force base (Base Aerienne 112) therefore private light aircraft are never really welcome there!

For GA traffic, head to Reims-Prunay (LFQA), SE of the city. (Incidentally, that's where the Reims-Aviation facility is located). It has an AFIS but out of hours, this reverts to A/A therefore all comms have to be made in French. Same goes for Epernay (LFSW), 10nm South, which uses the common frequency 123.5 (or Unicom as the Yanks call it); all auto-info and circuit calls in French.

Check out the French AIP website for relevant airfield charts:
SIA - La référence en information aéronautique

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