Navigation charges
 

Am doing some research for a friend into the costs involved in using the services of ATC. Does anyone know where I can find the charges for a VFR flight when you choose to enter controlled airspace, and land at a controlled field (but not the landing/handling fees), such as Edinburgh? I tried phoning NATS, who said I should find it on the CAA website, but no luck there.

Thanks,

F

You could try the Eurocontrol site, they administer the charges. A simple look on Google produced this:
http://www.eurocontrol.int/crco/publ.../homepage.html

VFR flights are not charged. I believe they can charge you at night, when you file a flight plan. Below 2 tonnes IFR you are not charged, Hence many light twins are certified below that weight.

Charges at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Aberdeen/Dyce, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Aerodromes where National Air Traffic Services Limited (NATS) provides the Navigation Services, can be found in the UK AIP Gen 4-2-1.

Thank you both for your help :)

?? No they can't. It just gives an address and telephone number for the airports whom you are supposed to request the information from.

I think you are looking at Gen 4-1-1 and 4-1-2. Gen 4-2-1 and 4-2-2 definetly show NATS navigation charges at the airports where they provided Air Traffic Services.

For the BAA airports in the UK you can visit the BAA website and view the terms of use of the appropriate airports, they also include the charge for Air Navigation services by NATS.

www.baa.com

Perhaps you could include a fuller link as an example.

My apologies, the link is a bit vague and is not the easiest section to find unless you know it's there!

If you click on the "About BAA (Whichever airport you have selected)" you get another menu where you can select "publications".

There is then a link to download an Adobe version of "conditions of use" for the relevant airport.

As an example the followuing link should take you to the Heathrow page.

http://www.heathrowairport.com/porta...00147e120a____