Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, EGJJ EGJB EGJA, have no PN for mainland Europe visitors - what are you all waiting for?

So for EBGB to say Guernsey I could land in LFAT and would not need to fill a GENDEC (but will need to complete a GAR) and then fly onwards from there? Sounds like that might work.

• email the Guernsey GAR to Guernsey and print off a copy for yourself
• fly to LFAT, walk in, walk (past the police) to the desk, pay the €30, (check the EuroGA leaflets are there and nice and visible, please ), walk out, passport stamped “outbound from EU”
• fly to Guernsey, walk to ASG, and hand in your printed GAR (if they can’t find the emailed one)
• mess about
• outbound, pay landing fee
• fly Guernsey – LFAT, walk in, passport stamp “inbound to EU”, walk to the desk, pay €30
• fly to Belgium

So yeah you waste €60 or so. There used to be cheap options like Caen at €4.50 but that one is about €12 now and needs 24/48hr PN.

Found my report on Antwerp EBAW which gives the details of the police procedures. The police there were just disorganised. Ostende EBOS worked a lot better.

Is there a penalty for filing the PN and canceling the flight for whatever reason?

No; I do it all the time

Yes. Same as from the UK, US, etc.

First French airport must have customs and immigration. LFAT is a good one but maybe off route.

Looking at the AIPs (I use our airport database to dig these out):

LFRC Cherbourg has C+I but on a 24/48hr PN (like most of French airports that have C+I).

LFFD St Andre De L’eure – you cannot fly to from any country which is non Schengen or non EU:

No idea what PPF is.

Port of Entry is a poor term to use in Europe. You need to specifically check Customs and Immigration. AIP and NOTAM.

In France, Immigration is called “Police”.

It’s a real pity they don’t teach this stuff in the PPL. But it is difficult due to the different places one has to look.

The point of this thread is however that you can fly to or from the Channel Islands from anywhere, as far as the Channel Islands are concerned. You can fly VNKT DCT EGJA (VNKT is Kathmandu). Just email them the Guernsey GAR before landing there.