Pilot Comments by Achim

Handling mandatory per NOTAM. For a TBM, 2 nights on asphalt were €174 total. Grass parking is not good due to many small stones. Currently also passport control upon arrival from Schengen.

After Korfu became extremely expensive, Ioannina is the best AVGAS stop in northern Greece. Handling is good and friendly; €76 with AOPA discount for a Cessna 206 overnight via Skyserv. AVGAS €3. The opening hours are, in a typically Greek way, absolutely ridiculous and a waste of the excellent infrastructure. No less odd is the strict, extensive, and time-consuming passport control when arriving from Greece and when flying on to Schengen/EU.

LGST is right next to LGIR and is significantly faster, cheaper, and more pleasant than Heraklion, with no slots, etc. However, the operating hours are completely ridiculous; there’s no other way to put it. Extensions are possible on request. AVGAS €3.50, landing €54 via Skyserv with AOPA discount for a Cessna 206. For Greece, it’s a good GA field.

Good service but disproportionately expensive. Multiflight is only staffed until 1800Z at a major international airport and after that charges 95 GBP plus tax per commenced hour. Total for a landing with overnight: 380 pounds (1 commenced hour after 1800 billed). That’s too much.

Excellent infrastructure thanks to the influence of the Brose company, no comparison to the previous US Army setup. PPR is more of a formality.

The restaurant looks stylish but unfortunately serves only the usual bratwurst/currywurst grub.

I’m surprised that Danzig only gets an “OK” on average. The field has everything you could think of: 24h, ILS, Avgas, customs, taxi/bus/hotel, and for its size and equipment it’s incredibly inexpensive. C182 €20, with overnight €25, and 6 days parking an additional €12.

The C-Office is useless; better to go straight to Terminal 2 to the door “Airport charges.” That’s where you settle up, and a 1985-style briefing is rarely needed these days.

I had a technical issue and the on-duty Airbus mechanic immediately helped me with tools and assistance at no charge. From Apron 1 to Terminal 2 I was transported several times for free on the new bus.

Avgas €2.20. What more could you want?