Channel Islands closing down
All German islands are also closing down for tourists:
https://www.web24.news/u/2020/03/all-north-german-islands-are-closed-to-tourists.html
These are all very popular GA destinations
Don’t know if the airfields themselves will close too.
I suspect not many airports are actually closed.
Firstly there is a lot of refuelling traffic around Europe; ferry flights, etc. Secondly, in much of Europe, especially the more southern parts, the airport is regarded primarily as an employment centre for 50-100 people and if it has no traffic that’s regarded as a bonus 
And the bigger airports are planned diversions for airlines (weather and possibly even ETOPS etc).
You just can’t get off the airside.
MedEwok wrote:
Don’t know if the airfields themselves will close too.
I would keep them open for MedEvac…
From 23:59 17th March, anyone arriving in the Isle of Man will be required by law to self-isolate for 14 days.
Sebastian_G wrote:
I would keep them open for MedEvac…
On second thought I’m pretty sure they will remain open because they are critical infrastructure for the islands.
I can offer one amusing comment on this dire situation.
This thread is now at 20% of the size of the biggest EuroGA thread ever: the CAA policies for busting pilots one So it has some way to go to catch up, and perhaps the former will do less damage to GA than the despicable UK contribution to the latter.
BTW tonight’s UK govt numbers estimate 35k-50k infected in total. Only about 10% of these have been tested. That works out at under 0.1% or 1000ppm of the population, with heavy concentrations in cities.
There was me briefly thinking there was a space for GA to take up transport where larger airlines have been unable.
But given the lock downs and effectively closed borders in many parts of Europe, the chance of non-essential non-commercial longer distance flights will be suspended or frowned upon.
I suspect GA would mostly be confined to medical, scientific, S&R, and news reporting applications in the short term now, with some flying school students trying toi make best use of their pre-paid course fees/packages where possible.
According to notams, FIS and FPL processing is reduced in France.
