Trip to Germany - scenic places?

…when visiting Zell am See, may take St. Johann LOIJ into consideration. Scienic approach and landscape, friendly & relaxed staff, nice restaurant with excellent Wiener Schnitzel and Kaiserschmarrn, very reasonable pricing throughout. Been there on Sunday, excellent!
Also very nice for having good food is Leutkirch EDNL or Nancy LFSN (ok last one maybe not directly on your magenta line ;-)
Alternative to Koblenz may be Trier EDRT, nice restaurant, nice Town (but you’ need Taxi to get there)

Cheers Martin

Just visited LOWS a couple of weeks ago and it’s a very nice GA destination, friendly airport, nice city and everything close by. Heck, I’ll do a write-up…

Thanks! Absolutely, we’ve been to both Zell am See and Salzburg before and it’s great! Never managed to fly into LOWZ yet though, only by car so far. It’s our primary destination still if the weather is acceptable.

I would thoroughly recommend Zell am See and have Salzburg as your alternative. Are you IFR? If so, it is worth familiarising with the RNP arrival at LOWZ (not approach). LOWS is a pretty standard approach, there is no terrain when arriving from the north.

Thanks Bosco, let’s see if we have a local here on the forum I heard that the restaurant is supposed to be nice at the airfield too.

The decision will be taken on Thursday, I’m just browsing some alternatives. We have Vienna as a second option. Staying in Sweden as the final alternative, but it doesn’t look to be all that bad so hopefully not needed.

A lot of Brits go to Koblenz because a lot of Brits go to Koblenz, so it gets a lot of social media coverage

The weekend is still a little too far away to make precise forecasts for Germany. Generally, the excellent weather that we have had for an entire week now will sort of come to an end on Friday… but I think it won’t be all too bad either.

I don’t know what people have with Koblenz. Yes, the approach to the airfield is scenic, and you can have a nice walk through the vineyards down to the town of Willingen, but the city of Koblenz is nothing special.

Hey all,

We are planning to visit Salzburg (or even Zell am See) the coming weekend, but since the weather forecast seems a bit challenging I’m looking at some alternatives and Koblenz came up as one option. I’ve never been there. However, I know they were significantly impacted by the flooding a few months back, does anyone here know the status there at the moment? Is it recommended as a destination or is it still severely affected by the terrible wx?

Thanks in advance all.

As mentioned the islands are nice! Here an overview of the Dutch and German ones:

Here some recommendations from my side:

• Dresden (EDDC): Strongly recommended, not because of the airport (which is still good and cheap btw.), but because of the beautiful scenic city (IMHO the most beautiful city of Germany). Public transportation directly from the terminal, also rental cars available.
• Traben-Trarbach (EDRM): As said by others: Very scenic approach, beautiful views over the Mosel valley, walk down to the village strongly recommended! But its only a grass strip with a slightly uphill runway, but nothing to be afraid about. Easy and friendly people.
• Koblenz (EDRK): Near to Traben-Trarbach and also located on a hill. Nice greek restaurant, and nice trails to walk down into the valley. Rentalcars from App2Drive available. The city of Koblenz with ropeway over the Rhine river is recommended.
• Porta Westfalica (EDVY): Very nice location near the Emperor William Monument.
• Helgoland (EDXH): Far in the Northsea, short runways, but a very special and scenic place. A short shuttle ship brings you to the main island. Taxfree zone (be careful when flying from EDXH to another country, as a customs airport might be needed. When you stay inside Germany, you can fly to all German airfields).
• Juist (EDWJ): Another nice island, much closer to the mainland as part of the East Frisian Islands, but with a beautiful beach on short walking distance from the airfield. The island is car-free, transportation only by feet, bicycles, horses and/or horse-drawn vehicles!
• Mainbullau (EDFU): Nice airfield located on a hill, good pizzas in the restaurant. App2Drive cars available, definitely check out the old town of Miltenberg!
• Bad Dürkheim (EDRF): Located in the middle of wine yards. Many cool things to see in the area. Bad Dürkheim itself is not the most beautiful town, but the towns and wine yards around make this place quite special and you will have almost always good weather here! Bad Dürkheim is more or less the “Toscana of Germany”. The airfield offers cheap fuel.
• Oberschleissheim (EDNX): The oldest German airfield, which is still in use today and directly in front of the beautiful city Munich. 20 minutes walk to public transportation or get a taxi directly from the airfield. An aviation museum is located direct next to the airfield. However, the airfield is strictly PPR, as they may only receive 500 non-based airplanes per year! Mostly in autumn, the quota has been used, but from April to August, you will get most likely a positive PPR.
• Kempten (EDMK): A nice place when you’re in southern Germany, close to the Alps and Germany’s most famous castle “Schloss Neuschwanstein”. Grass-only, but in very good condition. Train station for further transport in short (less than 5 min) walking distance.
• Meschede-Schüren (EDKM): Last but not least my main home base. Very beautiful located on and between hills, including a reservoir lake. Many things to see around, however, no public transportation or car/bike rental possibilities. Give me a PM and I will arrange something for further transport. Also a nice stopover.