Sarajevo
 

I'm probably going to Sarajevo this weekend with other 5 GA aircraft, departing Italy, via Split or Brac.

Any local info, suggestions, do and don'ts?

Thanks.

My top tip for that area is to phone up each major airfield en route, tell them where you want to route, and ask whether there is anything you need to know.

I think they prefer IFR type routings i.e. along VORs and intersections. You just need a GPS.

The best English, I have found, is spoken at Tirana (LATI). Not sure how long one's wheels would last if one landed there, but probably longer than at Liverpool :O

Well, the last time I was there was in the back of a USAF C130 - and the crew were releasing the aluminium-foil thingies to deflect incoming stuff :E

On a more peaceful and recent note: check for 100LL avail. Shouldn't be problem along the coast (loads of Germans / Austrians flying spamcans down there) but vaguely remember flight planning a trip a couple of years back where this came up as an issue (didn't go in the end).

Sarajevo trip report

Saturday 1/7 - Sunday 2/7

n° 6 aeroplanes - 1 BE33/35, 1 PA28, 1 C172, 1 P2002S, 2 C152
n° 12 people - 11 pilots, 1 mechanic

Outbound route: Latina LIRL - Pescara LIBP - Brac LDSB - Sarajevo LQSA
Return: Sarajevo LQSA - Brac LDSB - Pescara LIBP - Latina LIRL

Total flightime (C152): 7.15 hours

Pescara LIBP - (costs based on C152)
Fuel: 1.20 euro non duty
Landing Tax: 3.50 euro
Handling: 12.11 euro

Brac (Croatia) LDSB - (costs based on C152)
Fuel: 0.92 euro
Landing Tax: 5.00 euro - sunday 10.00 euro
Handling: included in tax

Sarajevo LQSA - (costs based on C152)
Fuel: 100LL not available
Landing Tax: 12.00 euro
Parking: 9.20 euro (first 4 hours free) - 1 night
Handling: 13.00 euro

For Sarajevo ppr is required, arrival and departures slots are assigned.

VFR flights are asked to climb to FL105 for radar coverage and report over IFR points

ATC very good, excellent english.

Write it up and stick it on a website! :O