Brisbane-(Australia)
Airport: YBAF (Archerfield general aviation)
Customs: Not available
Fuel: AVGAS tankers
General: My home town. Contact 61 7 33910766 BH or 61 7 33682679 AH or
bill@paradisehomes.com.au
http://www.airsafaris.com.au/

Broome-(Australia)
Airport: YBRM
Customs: When arriving at Christmas Island, I was told I should have cleared customs at Broome. Fuel: AVGAS bowser
Met: Available by phone or fax or NAIPS ph1800805150
Hotel: Roebuck Hotel. Walking distance from airport.

Christmas Island (Australia)
Airport: YPXM
Airport manager Don Bridges Ph 61 8 9164 8498 fax 61 8 9164 8485
Charges AU$300 per day plus parking AU$40
Visa: Not required by me as Australian
Customs: 08 9164 7228, fax 08 9164 8440, Trevor Jason. Said I should have also cleared Customs at Broome.
Clearance: Prior notice is all that is required for Australians.
Fuel: Must be shipped from Perth by Zentner Shipping (Stuart Clarke) Phone: 08 9337 5911 email: stuartclarke@iinet.net.au Arrange through Air BP: Lucy Ingram (08)94789822 email:IngramL@az1.bp.com
Cost to transport is $60 per drum plus one of fee $200 I.e. two drums cost $320 (plus 200 litre fuel costs)
Local Contact: AirBP John Kerr 08 9164 8353 (I think I paid AD$80 for filling)
Met: David Pottage 08 9164 7869 Home 08 9164 7463 work (David was very helpful to me)
Hotel: Mango Tree Lodge 327 Gaze Rd Christmas Island 6798 (08) 9164 7189
Handler: The airport acts as Handler
General: No public transport. Hire car at Soong Car rental




Colombo-(Sri Lanka)
Airport: VCBI (Bandaranaike International)
Visa: Not required
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: Drum AVGAS only. Had trouble finding a hand pump.
Hotel: Ceylon Continental. Great Hotel but a long way from Airport.
Goodwood Plaza. Ordinary hotel but handy to airport.
Met: At airport but was unable to give winds at low altitude.
Handler: The agent (ramp boss) found me and was helpful. I cannot find details. I would still be there filling in paperwork if the agent did not help. Total cost was reasonable because they have no figures for small aircraft.
General: Helper from Air Sri Lanka Control Room Sujith Wahalathanthri 077900812 I keep in touch with Sujith and recommend he be contacted.

Maldives:
I did not land because of lack of AVGAS and later received a bill for $250 US to overfly.
After protesting and asking for a fee schedule and then pointing out that the schedule did not cover such small aircraft, the fee was waived.

Mahe-(Seychelles)
Airport: FSIA
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: AVGAS USD$3.45/USGal
Hotel: Prices range from US$95-$350. Everything must be paid in Foreign currency so don't get too much local currency. I tried a few and ended up at Coral Strand on the other side of the Island.
Handler: Handling fees are paid to Air Seychelles and they are very expensive. They wanted $1500 US for my Bonanza but reduced to $1000 with the help of Mr Umarji. Later I received another Aviation charge USD$131
General: Airport manager: Mr Akbar Umarji phone: 248 384014 Fax: 284 384030
Email: dcaadmin@seychelles.net Definitely make contact.




Nairobi-(Kenya)
Airport: Wilson (HKNW)
Visa: Required
Clearance: Not required, but to fly internal in Kenya, a very complicated approval was required and I had to go to the Civil Aviation Authority at the main airport. Took a whole day to arrange.
Fuel: Colin Davies runs a very helpful maintenance and AVGAS facility next to the Aero Club.
Met: Available at the airport.
Hotel: Go to East African Aero Club.
Handler: Not required.

Entebe-(Uganda)
Airport: (HUEN)
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: AVGAS
Met: Available at airport
Hotel: Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel. I enjoyed my short stay.
Handler: One found me and was helpful.
General: Good place to visit.

Bangui-(Central African Republic)
Airport: FEFF
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight" but did not arrive
Fuel: Expensive and take it or leave it. Drums filled from large tankers. 400 litres cost USD$733
Met: Available at met office on airport.
Hotel: Hotel du Centre
Handler: Everyone is a "handler"
General: A terrible place. Everyone wants to be paid and in particular the police. The only help I received was from a friendly Air traffic controller I found at the tower.

Abidjan-(Ivory Coast)
Airport: DIAP
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: AVGAS by tanker
Met: Good service at airport but hard to find.
Hotel: Novotel was OK
Handler: Mr Williams very helpful. I should have tipped him more. Tel: 23 37 78 77
General: An OK place and I recommend getting a handler. Most places would not take my travellers cheques and I found it hard to get cash.




Recife-(Brazil)
Airport: SBRF
Visa: Required
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: AVGAS by tanker but I have doubts about mine being LL
Met: Available at airport. Recommend handler.
Hotel: Hotel Atlanta Plaza
Handler: Hugo Araujo, Elias +3464-4702 Araujo 9954 0085 Helpful and friendly but a bit expensive.
General: I enjoyed my brief stay.

Macapa-(Brazil)
Airport: SBMQ
Fuel: AVGAS tanker
Met: At airport
Hotel: Palace hotel. Ordinary but all I could get. No phone in room.
Handler: I was helped by a pilot and recommend he be contacted. Floriano Waldeck 96 9971 1403 fwaldeck@bol.com.br
General: I was unable to receive any technical help with my engine at all.

Belem-(Brazil)
Airport: SBJC (Julio Cesar) is for general aviation SBBE (Val de Caes for International)
Customs: Not at SBJC
Fuel: AVGAS Tanker
Met: At the airport
Hotel: Hotel Villa Rica. Handy to airport and pilot discounts
Handler: Needed. Without my helper would have been very difficult.
General: Contact my friendly helper. Fabricio Schuber 91 244 5884 schuber@zipmail.com.br
A very useful and helpful maintenance facility at SBJC David Talhsrim at Planave Aviaco

Caracas-(Venezuela)
Airport: SVMI
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: AVGAS tanker
Met: Handler provided
Hotel: Hotel Ole Good Hotel overlooking the beach but not close to Caracas.
Handler: TT Services. I think it is compulsory. They will find you.
General: Good place to visit




Havana-(Cuba)
Airport: MUHA
Visa: Required
Clearance: Arranged by "Overflight"
Fuel: Nil AVGAS
Met: At airport
Hotel: Nacional Hotel. Great place.
Handler: The airport authority takes care of things in a friendly manner.
General: I really enjoyed my brief stay.

Miami-(Florida USA)
Airport: KMIA
Customs: Very unfriendly and officious.
Visa: Australians normally don't need one but these people wanted one.
Clearance: FAA waiver required. I had one but was not asked for it upon arrival. Forgot to give 24 hours notice to quarantine. All sorts of drama.
Fuel: Tanker
Met: By phone at Customs office

Spruce Creek-(Florida)
Airport: 7FL6 residential Air Park
Fuel: AVGAS Bowser
General: Fantastic

Houston South-(Texas USA)
Airport: KAXH
Fuel: Tanker
Agent/Handler:
General: Dr John Coale is planning his own ATW. He provided me with a self contained apartment and exchange of maps, data etc. I recommend calling John. jcoale@swbell.net 713-592-0406

Natchitoches-(Louisiana)
Airport: KIER
General: Would like to go back and visit one day. Call tom Gresham guntalk@guntalk.com

Ada-(Oklahoma)
Airport: KADH (Home of GAMI)
Hotel: Holiday Inn
Fuel: AVGAS Tanker
General: The GAMI Guys are friendly and helpful

San Diego (California)
Airport: KSEE (Gillespie) and KSDM (Browns Field)
Fuel: AVGAS Tanker
General: KSEE is Jay Shower's (Earth Rounder) base and KSDM has very long runway for the heavy departure to Hilo.
Contact Jay 0011 1 619 6909035 jayshower@aol.com




Hilo-(Hawaii)
Airport: PHTO
Fuel: AVGAS tanker Hotel: Uncle Billy's
Handler: A very helpful contact is Mooney owner Elliot Merk 808-961-4755 BH Eliot@jemerk.com

Honolulu-(Hawaii)
Airport: PLNL
Customs:
Fuel: AVGAS TankerAgent/Handler: Local pilot and Earth Rounder Willie Tashima guided me through Customs, weather etc.
Contact Willie +1 (-808) 373-4914 wttpilot@aol.com

Christmas Island (Republic of Kiribati)
Airport: PLCH (Cassidy)
Customs: Did not turn up at Airport
Visa: Arranged by agent in Australia
Clearance: Information: MLPG
Ronton
Kiritimati
Republic of Kiribati fax (686)81033 phone (686) 81214 or (686)81260 Landing Permit: MICT fax (686)26193
Fuel: Secretary
Ministry of Land & Phoenix Development
Christmas Island, Kiribati
(Avgas is kept at a fuel farm away from the airport. I was warned to inspect the drums of fuel before use. However, I failed to do that and spent a very restless night thinking about what I had placed into my tanks. The AVGAS drums were coded but I could find no reference to date etc.)
Hotel: Captain Cook. OK but no choice.
Time: Same as Honolulu but one day ahead.
Currency: Australian dollar
General: (The phones did not work at the Hotel. I went into the town of London where they did not work either. I was unable to get weather and lodge a flight plan with Honolulu. I did my best on the HF when airborne)

Pago Pago-American Samoa
Airport: NSTU
Clearance:
Fuel: AVGAS Tanker. Could be in short supply. Check first.
Hotel: Pago Airport Inn. Ordinary. No phone. No food but handy to Airport.
Handler: Mss Janet Mulipola Phone: (M) 684 258 5853 258 5853 or 011-684 699 7877 Fax: 011-684 699 6655
Wanted to charge me $US 648.00 but settled for $US300.00 after "negotiation"
General: I had very little time and saw very little of what looked like a pretty place.

Nadi-Fiji
Airport: NFFN
Fuel: AVGAS Tanker
Hotel: Fiji Mocambo
Handler: Helper Basant Kumar Phone 9259064 (This person met me at the airport. I don't know what his job was but he was very helpful. Contact him for help)
Mr Rajendra (Director Western-Customs Deo) Fax 6725390
Mr Orisi Ravuso (Principal Immigration officer Western) fax: 6721 720
Mr Daven Nath (Health Inspector-Nadi Airport) Fax: 6720992
Mr Steve Dizzard (Controller Air Safety) Fax: 6725125

Thanks to Bill Finlen
bill@paradisehomes.com.au

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