Not necessarily. Some airports do international flights but still need long PNR for GA, even though the police are present continuously…
Easiest solution is to check the airport’s own website for airlines/destinations. The moment you see an ‘international’ flight, you know you’re okay. If not, then contact them…
Aviathor wrote:
Just a lot harder
To be honest, I sent them the usual template email, attaching my GAR, and got an ACK with a PPR number less than 5 minutes later.
I have used Caen direct from the UK. As Peter said it’s great value!
What is your final destination? Or which side of Paris are you routing down? I used Albert a couple of weeks ago, really quick and very friendly. You could be in and out in 15mins.
I used Caen a few times in 2013, to places which didn’t have customs.
It used to cost 4.48 euros 
Making it 24hr PNR shows that France has a total disconnect between its government agencies and economic activity.
From the AIP: Customs/immmigration : Only O/R, flight PN 24H MNM to [email protected]
It IS possible. Just a lot harder. Looks like we’ve kind’a lost another port of entry.
Planning a flight to Caen, Autorouter tells me there is no Immigration there. However based on AIP/NOTAMS/Official EU journal/response from the PPR email, it is indeed possible to enter France from the UK at Caen.
That would be Zurich FIS… more diszipliniert than the Welschen side… .
Shorrick_Mk2 wrote:
France & Switzerland is the same, if you listen to FIS, other than the random airliner checking Metars you’d think powered flight has yet to be discovered.
I beg to disagree. I am based in Switzerland and if the weather is anywhere near nice the FIS freq can get very busy. I flew from Colmar FR into Switzerland yesterday, and had a hard time getting in my one requested position report…… it was a steady flow of radio traffic including a lot of (useful) traffic advisories….. unknown tfc, 9 o’clock, 2 miles, 300’ below, crossing left to right …
Timothy wrote:
I flew to and back from the dead centre of France yesterday and today, and on Sunday it seemed to me that there were more G-reg and N-Reg with English accents than anything else on the FIS frequency. I was beginning to wonder where the locals were on this glorious day, but I found them on 123.5 flying round their local areas.So, on the basis of that tiny sample, it seems that we Brits make up a lot of the touring traffic.
Just as a comparison, I flew from Switzerland to Amboise in the centre of France last Monday and back to Switzerland yesterday (Sunday) both on a pretty much direct route with a stop each way in Colmar for customs. Both flights had a lot of radio traffic in French and very little English other than the Ryanair type stuff (FIS in that part of France is mostly handled by Approach staff even though some freq are called Information on the paper map so one hears VFR and IFR radio). Even a lot of the IFR radio traffic was in French, including a fair number of N-reg. On the other hand, from Amboise down the west coast to Biscarrosse on Tuesday and back on Thursday had more UK & N call signs with English radio work. But then, I think the Biscarrosse Airpark has quite a few UK residents.
