Civil Airfield Saint Cyr L Ecole (LFPZ)

Although it is VFR only, without CUSTOMS, and GRASS, I find Saint Cyr L'ecole LFPZ a most attractive field and the best for staying/visiting Paris. As all the GA fields for Paris now no longer have Customs, whichever one you use, you are required to clear them 'en route'. From the South-East of UK, I use either Le Touquet or Calais. Approach: From the North, one has to be below the Paris TMA of 1500', usually reporting the Serres Greenhouses for integration into the 800' circuit for L or R 890 metre parallel runways. On Right Base for R29, or final for R11, one gets a stupendous view of The Palace of Versailles. For first time visitors, it is essential that you read carefully the text from the AIP France for the airfield (appended to the plates in Skydemon). Fuel: Is strictly for BP Cards only, unless requested with Air BP 24 hrs PPR on +33 1 74 25 49 58. Hi-Viz required for the person doing the refueling. Even if you have a BP Card, because it is a popular GA field, ascertaining in advance that Avgas is available either from BP direct or the Tower (+33 1 30 58 12 60) is often wise. Restaurant on the field: There is an attractive, and good restaurant close to the tower: Les Ailes Volantes. https://www.facebook.com/Les-Ailles-Volantes-195581707319836/ A sign of its quality is that it is often full of 'outsiders'. Accommodation: Right by the entrance to the airfield are two places of accommodation: one behind the other! The first you will see - and by its architectural style you can see that it has accommodated/fed aviators since 1909! - is Le Pavillon de L'Aero*. https://www.facebook.com/pavillondelaero/ Behind it is the Motel B & B Hotel Aérotel**. http://www.aerotel.fr/ I have stayed in both and find them perfectly acceptable as one's base if exploring Paris or Versailles. Although Le Pavillion de L'Aero is the more historic. and therefore perhaps more nostalgic, I found it was a little 'tired' (Change of owners?) compared to the Hotel Aérotel. Being very close to the former Saint Cyr L'ecole Military Academy there are many eating establishments within easy walking distance, if needed e.g. La Tanière. https://lataniere.eatbu.com/?lang=fr#menu [Some others are shown on the next link for the RER station] Saint Cyr RER: What makes Saint Cyr L'ecole airfield so attractive is that the local RER https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/versailles-31505/rer-station-saint-cyr-23464.htm is only 5 minutes walk away; making getting to Versailles or to the centre of Paris so convenient and cheap (in contrast to the complicated/expensive process required from the other airfields around Paris). For only €5.20 one can take the half-hour journey (which runs twice each hour till midnight each way) to Gare Montparnasse. Remember that this ticket also includes any journey via the Metro within Paris (provided one doesn't 'surface' from the journey en route.) Likewise, for €1.10 one can go just the two stops to Versailles-Rive Gauche which is right outside the Palace itself. I would allow two days to see this wonderful world-famous site: One, for the Palace itself; and another, for the Gardens (best seen by bicycle - a lot cheaper if you bring your own, as I try to do, in the plane!).