Handling quote these days is £350 plus including VAT (SEP) and AvGas £2.24 a litre. Long side looks a good bet, thank you @NeilC
I’ve always chosen Dundee when visiting my relatives in Aberdeen. Very reasonable landing fees (handled by the flying club). Instrument approaches available. Car hire can be dropped off at the club ready for you to drive away. Good dual carriageway roads all the way. For where I was going, this wasn’t significantly longer than from Dyce (Aberdeen) and very much more convenient. I recall there was also an additional handling fee at Aberdeen for Saturday or Sunday operations.
It does depend slightly on which part of Aberdeen you plan to visit, but its clear that the main airport really doesn’t want the hassle of GA visitors. It’s a very busy airport at times with a considerable volume of helicopter traffic alongside commercial fixed wing flights.
One of my distant relatives gave up his farmland to expand the airport some decades ago, with a Compulsory Purchase Order from what was then the local council. It sad to see the airport’s policy is so strongly focussed on commercial success and no longer accommodating the needs of the wider aviation community as found in other European and foreign countries.
