Howard, not a real answer to your question but here’s how to easily get the official info:
-) surf to http://navigeo.org/lfqv (or lf__ whatever )
-) click “cartes”
-) just below the google satelitte image, click “Cliquez ici pour télécharger la carte VAC”
-) take hardcopy of these with you, they’ll make an impression if ever you get into an argument with the chaps from the blue van
Regarding fuel: the same official document states
10 – AVT : Carburant / Fuel : 100LL.
Préavis auprès de l’ACB Les Ailes Ardennaises. Paiement comptant ou carte de crédit.
PN ACB Les Ailes Ardennaises. Cash payment or credit card.
which seems to indicate AVGAS is offered by the aeroclub but they can’t promise to have staff available at all times – sounds reasonable, doesn’t it?
Customs O/R 24 H according to the VAC
Fuel available PNR to the Aeroclub still according to the VAC.
yes, LFQV. I think when I last looked at the planned flight from EGTB I didn’t think I’d need to refuel in France, event though it is always nice to take off with full tanks. I’ll check again of course.
I’ll make sure that I give them notice for Customs. Where did you get that screen print from Peter?
Come on Peter, only 1500m of runway. And no ILS, though I have a vague memory there used to be one.
Not my kind of place either, the 250m grass runway is reserved for local microlights.
How about a fly-in? Or maybe not if it is in the middle of nowhere 
The avgas being “on request” is pretty unusual. I wonder how old that fuel is?
from Navbox I see that it is PNR for customs and PNR for avgas
…and from visiting in person, I found it the dreariest possible place at the utter end of civilisation. Nice scenery around, though, wooded hills especially northwards.
OTOH the aerodrome seems to be under pressure, like so many, so it can well do with a bit of activity to illustrate its value and interest.
If I have the right one, it is LFQV, and from Navbox I see that it is PNR for customs and PNR for avgas:
In your TB20, Croatia is easy
An online French VFR chart is here The route to it from the SE UK seems very easy – little in the way of stuff in the way.
Thanks again.
Peter, I’m off to Charlesville Mezier on 11th June, to meet up with the Intrepid Aviators for whom it will be their last stop on their way back to the UK – they are about to set off (today?) on a grand tour taking in Croatia and other places too far complex for me to consider at this time.
You need French just for two cases:
1. for A/A comunication at airfields without ATS (TWR or AFIS) or where the the ATS is temporarily not active (lunch-break, on some fields on weekends, etc)
2. there are two handfuls of airfields in France which, despite having AFIS, allow only French (e.g. Amiens, Ile d’Yeu, Le Puy)
There are a lot of so called “crib sheets” out on the web. Thing is: they are all subtly different and each of its authors claims that his is the right one.
Also, to do it really safely, you would have to understand also what others say and be able to give basic replies. Happened to me at Annemasse on Monday this week, where I had to coordinate with another traffic. Worked fine, but your French needs to be better than “crib sheet level”.
OK; yes, that is relevant only if going to French-only airfields
For clarification: the information given in the FFA leaflet is relevant across France, at any airfield, when flying under VFR
