Roskilde – very friendly and efficient
Since I couldn’t find a recent dedicated thread, here’s my very recent experience, 3rd of June.
– RoskildeDan wrote:
even if leaving VFR one has to ask for start-up clearance
once this is received, one has to wait for the marshaller to drive by and actually give one the ok signal to start
That is new and unfortunate.
Thanks all for the suggestions. I’ll give Roskilde a call to see how what the situation is with the marshaller and if it is typically a long wait. The NOTAM also require holding before entering the apron to wait for the marshaller.
Dan wrote:
no less than 19 Notams
20 NOTAMs now :)
Indochine wrote:
NOTAM also require holding before entering the apron to wait for the marshaller
Absolutely, forgot about this one, sorry guys, I guess I’m just another Human Being on this drifting pea…
PS
My last visit prior to this one was in June 2019… looks to me like the airport now wants to play Big Airport, and I would not be surprised if fees and restrictions follow suit…
About Billund: Beware that 40EUR is landing fee only, other ‘services’ from JoinJet came on top, ´startup fee´ (whatever that is?) and weekend surcharge. The price surely also goes up with MTOW, PAX ect. Suggest to get prices before going. I also asked the airport person if this was a permanent change and it seams so unfortunately.
Concerning Roskilde EKRK, dont worry about the Marshaller thing, just call airport office 131,550 for startup. This reason for this change is rather rigid EASA regulations they where forced to implement. Stupid really as the self parking of small aircraft had been working fine for 50 years now. Overall EKRK is a great GA airport – they don’t play big airport, all the NOTAMs are there because they have been hit by involuntary movement of controllers to Kastrup as discussed elsewhere.
THY wrote:
This reason for this change is rather rigid EASA regulations they where forced to implement. Stupid really as the self parking of small aircraft had been working fine for 50 years now.
Are they (or someone) gold plating the EASA regulations, or is this something we can expect to see in more airports? You don’t happen to have a reference to the regulation in question?
THY wrote:
Beware that 40EUR is landing fee only, other ‘services’ from JoinJet came on top, ´startup fee´ (whatever that is?) and weekend surcharge.I’m pretty shocked. So Billund not only requires handling, but also increased their airport fees for GA? That sounds insane… I did ask JoinJet for a DR401 quote and 1 PAX, and they said it will be €40 for basic GA handling by phone. It seems I will also write them (and other handlers) an E-Mail, because in the end, one can say everything over the phone…
That report was from the 27th of April, just a few days before the mandatory handling. He did however mentions “Sun-Air” as handler, but that company is not a handling agent. According to their website, JoinJet is their FBO partner. Also, no handling fee was written in the report. IMHO, something in that report is missing.
The report looks like it was refueling stop, maybe that makes a difference. 40 EUR would be a lot more reasonable. Think I will try to contact them for more specific pricing.
Airborne_A: could be danish CAA gold plating – I dont know the specific regulation was just told this by a person in the briefing office at Roskilde. They were hoping for a removal of this regulation again so they don’t have to go the apron all the time for the small aircraft to park.
