Norwich Airport Landing Fees
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Norwich Airport Landing Fees
Norwich are increasing their landing fees tomorrow. A minimum of £30 + VAT up to one ton (or is that tonne?) and £35 + VAT for over one ton (up to 3 ton).
Anyone here from Norwich Airport who can explain the reason for the increase?
I have been told, by someone who works there, it is because they don't have time for small aeroplanes anymore!
And they like US to help them out by contacting them for FIS/RIS when around their area.
Anyone here from Norwich Airport who can explain the reason for the increase?
I have been told, by someone who works there, it is because they don't have time for small aeroplanes anymore!
And they like US to help them out by contacting them for FIS/RIS when around their area.
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Could it be that they're not getting any help now that Colt has shut down. I understood that they shared facilities for Approach.
Certainly in the last week when I've been there, it was busy!
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Certainly in the last week when I've been there, it was busy!
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Although I dont know I suspect it is due to the airport having to produce a return for shareholders combined with an increase in commercial traffic. An airport has to make money and the peole who control the airport simply see movements as revenue events. I suspect they feel that it is not worth collecting anything less than £30. The age old argument comes to the fore - higher prices mean they will frighten off private GA traffic and therefore get nothing so why not charge sensible fees and at least get something?. Sadly most airports just see private GA as activity clogging up the airpace and landing 'slots'.
This, of course, is why we need sensible policies to support smaller GA airfields.
I dont think it has anything to do with Colt.
This, of course, is why we need sensible policies to support smaller GA airfields.
I dont think it has anything to do with Colt.
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And they like US to help them out by contacting them for FIS/RIS when around their area.
And nothing to do with yours, and others in the areas flight safety?!!!!!!!
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Barnaby, when flying near to the Norwich ILS approach the ATC likes to know what your intentions are so that commercial operations are not interupted. This is fair enough but sometimes when using their FIS/RIS and your are NOT in danger of going near to their ILS you sometimes feel a bit of a hinderence. Last week I was under FIS and I requested a freq. change the short response was 'ok bye', I thought to myself 'oh, I'd better squawk 7000 then'. There was a total of two other aircraft on their freq. at the time, another VFR and a commercial on long approach.
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I am sure you weren't a hinderence.
Obviously I wasn't there, but you requested to leave the frequency. By the sounds of it you had the relevant traffic, and by your words, you were not in conflict. Therefore the controller would have considered you 'clean'. You requested frequency change and ok it may not be the most by the book phraseology, but he/she would have no reason to keep hold of you.
Obviously I wasn't there, but you requested to leave the frequency. By the sounds of it you had the relevant traffic, and by your words, you were not in conflict. Therefore the controller would have considered you 'clean'. You requested frequency change and ok it may not be the most by the book phraseology, but he/she would have no reason to keep hold of you.
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Norwich has always been expensive from a GA perspective I think.
But you do get a good service from ATC - the full works.
And Bob Gough is/was a top guy as SATCO
Is he still there ?
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But you do get a good service from ATC - the full works.
And Bob Gough is/was a top guy as SATCO
Is he still there ?
cheers
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They do provide agreat service though.
I landed, found the pilot of G-xxxx and told him to phone Narich. He was rooting around in someone's copy of Pooleys in the AeroClub bar when I answered a ringing phone....
T'was Narich wanting to make sure that G-xxxx was alright! Good lads and lasses.
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