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Airports

I landed and/or took off from the following airports. Don't hesitate to ask me about my experiences with these airports! When I visited an airpot below, often I wrote it down in my Experiences. Just check it out !

Country ICAO Airport Name Fee My Comments
         
Australia YSBK Bankstown - Sydney   Complex airport & airspace, but great to fly down-under
  YMEN Essendon - Melbourne   Located close to the city and the gorgeous Port Philips Bay
         
Belgium EBKT Kortrijk-Wevelgem   My home base
 

EBMO

Moorsele 5 € Small grass strip close to Kortrijk
  EBAM Amougies  

Very nice airfield. Open again in 2009 !

  EBAW Antwerp 20.94 € Expensive pfff ...
  EBZW Zwartberg 9.50 € Cute airport in the east of Belgium
  EBGB Grimbergen 8.50 € Located under Brussels CTR
  EBOS Oostende 53.40 € Avoid if possible: expensive and empty !
  EBUL Ursel   Only open in weekends
  EBTY Maubray   Grass strip near Tournai. Can be waterlogged
  EBSG Saint Ghislain   Cute airport in Hainaut
  EBNM Namur   Nicely located grass airport with a vibrant community
  EBCI Charleroi   Brussels South ! Good for instrument approaches
  EBSH Saint-Hubert 12.10 € Wide grass field, high elevation, lots of pine trees
  EBSP Spa Sauvenière   Belgium's cutest aerodrome
         
France LFQQ Lille Lesquin   Large but friendly airport with plentyful instrument approaches
 

LFQT

Merville 9€ Small professional airport, near Kortrijk: the perfect place for instrument approaches that cost nothing
  LFAV Valenciennes   Small airport. Terminal being rebuilt. And: pilot controlled lighting !
  LFAT Le Touquet   Favourite airport of all English pilots ... in France
  LFQN St.-Omer   Short concrete strip for a demanding landing ... if you find the airport
  LFAM Berck   Alternative to Le Touquet if you want to taste the French side of the Channel
  LFMS Alès   Located on top of a plateau, this seems like the ideal small airport with an instrument approach
  LFNG

Montpellier Candillargues

  At the Mediterranean Sea
  LHRH Lorient Lann-Bihoué   French Navy airport in Brittany
  LFEQ Quiberon   Located on a strip of land in the Atlantic Ocean. My hairiest crosswind landing happened here.
  LFQD Arras   Small friendly grass airport not too far from Kortrijk
  LFNB Mende   High airport situated on a mountain plateau
  LFRK Caen 6 € Very nice airport for a visit to Caen
  LFAQ Albert Bray   Upgraded instrument airport now
  LFOL L'Aigle   Well kept airport in the middle of Normandy
  LFCV Villefranche-de-Rouergue   Long grass airport near the city of Villefranche de Rouergue
  LFCF Figeac-Livernon   Nice airport in the Lot region
  LFCR Rodez 9€ Nice IFR airport in the heart of the Aveyron departement
  LFQB Troyes 9€ Very well organised airport in middle of France. Fuel, nearby airport (300m walk) and meteo briefing on site
  LFOI Abbeville   Large GA airport with nothing going on
         
Germany EDLW Dortmund   Sizeable airport with well served GA section
  EDDI Berlin Tempelhof   The world's real first airport, third largets building in the world, full of history and closing soon
  EDSB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden   Old Canadain airforce base turned into an international airport serving a million passengers a year
         
Holland EHMZ Midden-Zeeland   Grass & Dutch. No cows on the runway.
  EHBD Budel 25€ Lovely field on the border between Limburg & Brabant
         
Luxemburg ELLX Luxemburg   Professional and affordable IFR destination (unless banks are your excuse)
         
Italy LIQB Arezzo   Nice airport in Tuscany
         
Malaysia

WMKF

Simpang free I learned to fly from this airport
  WMKM Melakka free Destination of my first long navigation trip
  WMKI Ipoh free Quiet airport and located amongst the limestone hills surrounding Ipoh
  WMSA Subang free The old international airport of Kuala Lumpur. Once featuring the longest runway in Asia. Now reverting to a dormant state.
  WMKP Penang free Both runways feature an approach over the Melakka Straits !
  WMAN Taman Negara Airstrip free The most adventurous airstrip: follow the river from Temerloh, first do a low approach to chase away the wild animals, then land on the red gravel Check my hand-drawn Taman Negara Airstrip chart !
  ZZZZ Pantai Remis UIE Airstrip free The most romantic airstrip in the world: private, but yet so beautifully kept by the owners of one of the largest palmoil plantations in Malaysia. Call beforehand.
  WMBI Taiping free Gravel strip in the middle of the town. Watch out: a public road crosses the west side of the strip.
  WMPA Pangkor free One way runway on the beautiful island of Pangkor. Approach low and slow from the sea, because once committed to land, there is no way back
  WMAJ Jenderata free Dangerous landing on the middle of runway. When deviating from the middle, risk of ending up inverted in the ditches.
         
UK EGLK Blackbushe  

General Aviation airport near Farnborough

  EGKH Headcorn   We deviated to this nice airport in Kent
  EGMC Southend   Cheap fuel in the UK
  EGSU Duxford £ 16 Great destination as it features the well-know museum
  EGMH Manston   First stop on the British Isles from the continent
         
USA

KRDU

Raleigh-Durham free Large international airport in North Carolina where I flew from in the US
  KTTA Sanford-Lee free Small well maintainted airport (as most of them in the US) south of KRDU
  KGSO Greensboro free Regional airport where I took off on my way to work
  KBUY Burlington free Small airport west of KRDU
  KLHZ Franklin County free  
  KJNX Johnston County free  
  2A5 Liberty / Causey free  
  KHND Las Vegas Henderson Executive free Nice small airport south of Las Vegas
  0L7 Jean free Training airport south of Las Vegas
  KPGA Page free Beautiful setting
  KTIP Rantoul Airbase free Home of the Chanute Air Museum
  KDPA DuPage West Chicago free Business airport to the west of Chicago
  KIKK Greater Kankakee free South of Chicago
  KBCE Bryce Canyon Airport free Gorgeous airport, high altitude. Famous for its high density altitude and a short ride from Bryce Canyon
  1G4 Grand Canyon West 100$ unless you take the tour Nearest Grand Canyon airport to Las Vegas. But you gotta take the tour unless you are slapped with landing fees. Highly advisable destination !
  KPDK Peachtree DeKalb   Atlanta's biggest GA airport
 

KMCZ

Martin County   In the middle of nowhere !
  KFFA First Flight Airport   Beautiful destination where the Wright Brothers first learned to fly !
  KEQY Charlotte Monroe Execuitive   Large and busy GA airport south of Charlotte
  KGCN Grand Canyon Airport free The airport on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, serving tourist flights in the canyon

Note that all linked pictures are made during one of my flights by my flying friends (thanks!) or myself. Sometimes the quality isn't optimal as some are just scans from my video camera. Check my disclaimer when you intend to use this information.


 

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