Comments for Île-de-France, France

Updated - thank you.

Thank you for the update. It's always sad when an NDB is decommissioned. I've removed it from the database.

NDB CGO 344 kHz was deleted Feb 2011

Due to the heavy foc over the Seine I had to abort my flight with the Mistral PH-2R8 from Lelystad (EHLE) in the Netherlands to Pont sur Yonne (LFGO) and had to land on La Ferté Gaucher.

I was welcomed very friendly bij people of the local "club ULM" and offered all the help I need (hangerspace, fuel).

There was a nice hotel and restaurant at the airport, so I had a good night sleep and reached my destination the next morning.

Please update the VOR-DME frequency. It is now 116.1 MHZ

Source : AIP France AD2 LFPB (sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr)

Best regards

very good facility,love flying to paris ,very simple clear and easy not french but lol

ignore the TAXI number in the pilot planning facility and use

TAXIS ABEILLE service 01 39 50 50 00. This worked ok in April 2010 and cost about 18euro into Versailles

There is public transportation. A city bus (stop at a 10 mn walk) with regular schedule rides to Versailles, and from there Paris, by train.

During 1980 - 90 Cpt Roger Laurent was based at Villacoublay . A long term personal friend now living in Wales lost contact and would welcome any information in order to make contact again. email <griffin.inter@btinternet.com>

According to the "Service de l'Information Aéronautique" (SIA), (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr)

NDB's OYE 349KHz and POY 430KHz are both discommissionned.

There are no longer NDB's on this airport.

On 25 July 2000, Air France flight 4590, a Concord, had just taken off from nearby Charles-de-Gaulle Airport (CDG) with its fuel tank on fire. It attempted to divert to Le Bourget, but was not able to make it, and crashed into a hotel short of Le Bourget.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590

Restricted use airfield located inside Paris CTR (Class A airspace). Do not intend to fly inbound this airfield unless your are invited by les Ailerons flying club.

Yes, the airport closed in 1989. It was actually a well-known airport before that. I found the information in the French Wikipedia.

I agree, Paul. The Great Circle Mapper also has this airport, at almost the same location:

http://gc.kls2.com/airport/LFPR

On the other hand, the 2008-06 ICAO Location Indicators doc no longer lists LFPR, so it looks pretty likely that it's closed. Can anyone confirm when the airport shut down? I've tagged it with my "fixme" tag for now, so that I'll remember to come back to it.

It sure doesn't look like an airport in the satellite photo.

Paris Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) is not very practicable. Difficulties to access by the périphérique "highway" crowded traffic (Trucks). Baggage claim zone is a terrible jungle. A positive point is the RER between Paris "Gare du Nord" and Terminals not very cheap but very easy to use and fast. Negative point, sometimes not reliable due to strikes.

This is one of the BIG General Aviation Airport in Paris for Pistons and Small Jets. Airport of Entry 7 days a week. No public transportation available to Paris, a better option if you dont mind grass strips is LFPZ 6NM north with two parallel runways

I dont know what drugs were being used at the time by the architect that imagined that soviet-style concrete monstrosity. Not only is it ugly, but the baggage claim is an embarrassment with people walking on one another. When you think it's the first impression that so many holidaymakers are getting of France...

Other than for the bits that collapse on people underneath, T2 is somewhat more practical.

Well I am from the south of France, and we don't like Paris there, so maybe I have a bias.

The RER (the commuter light rail system) runs directly into Paris, and you can use the same ticket to transfer to the Paris Metro or another RER line. It's very inexpensive (about 8.10 euros, I think).