European Airfields

[SierraRomeoLima]

Has anyone got any info?

I will be building some twin engine hours next week and as a result this will take me around europe. I would like to know if anyone out there has any thoughts or information (landing, fuel, customs, parking charges etc) on these planned airfields:

Geneva
Pisa
Rome (Ciampino)
Palma
Barcelona
Nice
Le Bourget

Any inormation woud be much appreciated.

Cheers guys

[Monocock]

Are you seriously flying all over Eurapoe to build twin hours? Isn't that a very expensive way of doing it?

Forgive my questions but I'm intrigued :confused:

[benhurr]

Well, Toussous le Noble will be cheaper than Le Bourget and Valencia is cheaper than Barcelona.

I would also consider flying to Mahon instead of Palma.

And where are the Channel Islands in your planning? Or is cost of fuel not part of the planning process?

[AfricanEagle]

SRL,


Pisa: you will have to phone beforehand to reserve parking space, fuel available, fees not cheap.

You might want to consider Siena (LIQS) as an alternate.

Ciampino: no problems, but not cheap.

You might want to consider L'Urbe (LIRU).

You can check the Italian AIP on line here:

http://www.enav.it/aip/aip_login_it.html

Ciao,
AE

[2Donkeys]

Unless you have a particular desire to land at unhelpful and/or expensive airports, you could hardly have come up with a worse list, with the possible exception of Geneva.

You should sub. Cannes for Nice in the same spirit as the other advice you were given.


2D

[DubTrub]

...or replace Barcelona with Sabadell

[SierraRomeoLima]

Thank you very much for your responses.

Firstly, yes i seriously am building some twin hours around europe.

Why? I have recently found myself in a position where I have gained access to an aircraft for a very good rate, reasons for which I will not go into. I would never dream of trying to build hours here in europe if my situation did not exist.

Why Europe and those destinations? I could just burn some holes in the sky here in good ole blighty but I think that it would be much more interseting seeing something of europe.

As for the destinations, the responses were exactly what I was looking for, i am not familiar with the areas and do not know all the airports. I probably gave the wrong impression with the use of the word airfield.
I am looking for suitable airfields close to those planned cities.

Why those cities? Why not?!

Fuel planning does come into it very much, as for the channel islands, I am quite familiar with the areas and so did not include them on the list for information.

Thanks again guys, I will look into those airfields when I get home. When I have finalised the route and flown it I will post the results for anyne who is interesed.