Lelystad EHLE - Visitors guide

Robert, you can fly directly IFR to EHLE between 9:00 -17:00 LT on workdays (not in the weekends or public holidays), provided you request an IFR slot at least 24 hours in advance via email (they usually respond in few minutes).
Without PPR you have to file a Y plan and cancel IFR before entering the CTR.
In the evening the airport is not IFR anymore.

IFR routing from UK will circumnavigate Schiphol TMA, as you are allowed to fly into it only if you are departing or arriving to EHAM.
Approach to EHLE is always from the East (again, due to proximity to EHAM). The procedure is via BADEX or EKNON, coming from the southeast you will probably get a shortcut by Arrival.

If you plan to cancel IFR, at NYKER you can request direct base to Lelystad Tower, or you can add DOTIX and KUVOS after NYKER to the flight plan (to cancel IFR at KUVOS), and it should validate. That will put you in a good position for a straight in runway 23, a direct downwind 05 route or the MIKE VFR arrival route if Tower denies the other two.

@SvenHZ good point, yes I see MIKE X-RAY is preferred, not sure why autorouter didn’t offer me the EKNON arrival which is in autorouter but not in ForeFlight, that would naturally segue to MIKE

OK, sorry I am not IR trained, so that means you would switch to VFR after NYKER? That would not be my personal choice (to me this means that Autorouter is not aware of BRAVO arrival being unavailable through long-term NOTAM); PAM is more convenient for VFR entry into the EHLE CTR (MIKE or XRAY arrival), unless you are able to negotiate a BRAVO arrival coming from NYKER which is not that commonly given.

@SvenHZ many thanks, I see autorouter produces an IFR route all the way to NYKER with presumably a smooth transition to EHLE.

Here’s a report from a local VFR pilot, when it comes to VFR to/from EHLE:
- Forget about LARSA/ slot booking. Nobody bothers.
- Arrival via MIKE, departure via BRAVO (see NOTAM) however:
- Arriving, in practice a direct join XRAY is almost always granted and safe. Coming from SW you could circumnavigate the CTR via Almere, follow the dike to the NE and join XRAY directly. When it is not very busy, a straight in for either runway heading is typically granted as well if you ask when outside.
- Departure: state intentions on initial call on Delivery. A straight out departure is almost always possible. Or a straight out from downwind. Ask Delivery; Tower will confirm or deny when you are ready for departure.
- Of course Mode S is mandatory in practice everywhere. Coming in from the southwest you could stay on 2500 alongside EHAM CTR and drop to 1500 when passing Utrecht. Then via PAM circumnavigate EHLE CTR as states above.

May need to visit in August and studying the AIP. I think IFR hours have expanded but will check closer the date. Fees seem quite steep if you are above 1,500 kg. Am told VFR from the UK would be via KONAN and COA but it looks like quite a lot of threats to navigate: gliding, parachuting, controlled airspace, danger areas, Belgium/Netherlands border crossing and then the arrival routes into EHLE. I get the impression if you are outside CAS you are on a listening watch looking out for yourself. It makes UK airspace look positively Texan with its relatively large portions of low level Class G. :)

In touch with one forumite but hopefully other based forumites eg @lenthamen (thank you for the OP) chip in

So, after 18:00 the airport is fully IFR and you can fly there as any other airport.

The ONLY thing that needed change didn’t…

A bit of a disappointment though that it is still a VFR-only airport most of the day. So nothing really new for now.

I guess that will change though. Otherwise, they can‘t have airline or serious bizjet traffic.

Also a bit OTT having to book a slot. That is for IFR only?

lenthamen wrote:

Wake Turbulence Category LIGHT.

Thanks. The document used another non-standard abbreviation: RFL, but I figured that one out.