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Old 28th May 2015, 21:57
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Katamarino
 
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Reciprocally, it is not clear to me what Katamarino means with "UK style PPR"

PPR as I know it amounts to me dialling the published number, then the conversation goes something like "aerodrome EBxx - good morning, lady, I am xyz from EBZH, I intend to fly to yours, is it ok? - sure, we have runway xx in use, all clear" .
Fair enough Jan! Actually, we both have the same definition of PPR here, and I recognise your typical conversation as one I'd usually have to have in advance with a UK airport.

Almost nowhere in the Netherlands required that (neither did any of the French, Belgian, or German airports I visited although some such as Antwerp I would call ahead anyway and check out fees and handling requirements). I just checked Texel, as a random example, and nowhere in the AIS or on their website do they mention any requirement for PPR.

So while there's no rule against calling them, there's certainly no need as in the UK where many airports seem to treat it as the most important thing in the world!
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