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EDDL Duesseldorf

 
Submitted by: bogivara
 
 
City

Duesseldorf

 
Country

Germany

 

The Aircraft

Type
DA42
MTOW
1500-1999kg
Date of visit
10 Apr 2022
Parked for
2 hrs
 

The Experience

Runway condition
hard/good
Taxiway condition
hard/good
Ramp condition
hard/poor
Camping
no
Landing fee
43.00 EUR
Parking fee
0.00 EUR
Handling fee
200.00 EUR
Ramp check
no
Handling company
Jet Aviation
Payment method for above
Visa
Handling mandatory
no
Fuel type
JetA1
Fuel price
VAT
Payment method
other
Immigration
yes hrs AD
Customs
yes hrs AD
AIP accurate?
yes
Hangarage
Airport restaurant
Have to walk 15-20 minutes to the main terminal - several restaurants and hotels there.
Transport used
Transport to
Cost
Duration
Comments
Stopped for refueling and lunch. The GA Terminal is a very nice building run by Jet Aviation that also does handling. The people are friendly and helpful.
Handling is not mandatory, and we did not order. But we still paid €65 for "Safety cones GA apron", €25 for "mandatory infrastructure charges", and worst about €100 euros for noise fees to the airport. They charge both landing and starting fees and noise fees for both landing and starting. DA42 is in a higher noise category according to the airport fees schedule. Most SEP are free. No parking fee less than 3 hours. Our bill was at €250, which was hardly worth it. But if we had ordered handling it would have been another €300 according to the quote we got in advance.
Paid for fuel with Shell carnet.
Also - being IFR we had to organize a slot time. This was easy via phone to AIS-C. If you are visiting Duesseldorf and staying some days the bill might be justifiable, but we will plan a different fuel stop on our return journey. That said, it was relatively painless, and coming from a non-EU airport we needed an airport with customs.
Clearance asked me to contact my ground handler to put in a TOBT time in the system when I got my clearance, but when I informed him that I did not have a ground handler, that was not a problem.