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This is fairly normal for UK GA airfields. This one has full ATC
unlike a lot of smaller airfields though the largest plane usually
handled are 12 seat biz jets due to the main runway being just a
little over 1000 meters long. the ICAO code is EGKA. Touch and goes
are charged at some rate usually half or below half of the landing
fees. Seems to be factored into their running costs though I don't
know the ins and outs of how their financial model works - only that
it is very expensive for the humble pilot. The Fees above are based on
weight and are the above for anything up to 1.5 metric tonnes they
double for bigger aircraft.
The missed approach fees started a few months ago. I think because
aircraft from other local airfields were practicing approaches and
before the wheels touched the ground putting on power and going
around. This they would do a couple of times - usually flight training
outfits and then they would fly merrily of back to their own airfield
with a few low approaches and no touch and go fees. Aircraft from my
airfield are equally guilty of the same practice and unilaterally my
airfield has put this charge on theoretically to discourage the
practice. that is the official line. The downside is that resident
pilots may try to recover a landing to avoid the fee plus the extra 6
minutes going round the circuit instead of maybe doing the right thing
and declaring a missed approach.

To put it in perspective, I fly out of a Class D airport, KHPN -
Westchester County Airport - in a large suburb of New York City. The
airport has a tower, and has two intersecting runways - one about 6500' (~
2000 meters), the other 4500' (~1500 meters).

We have several airlines flying out of our field - Delta, United, USAir,
American, Continental, JetBlue, and AirTran. Landing fees for transient
single-engine pistons is $15. There are no fees for touch & goes or for
missed approaches, at least not to the pistons. I don't know what the "big
boys" pay, but I'm sure it's more.

Besides the obvious safety issue, what's to stop a training flight from
lying about his/her tail #?