How are "Local Flights" defined in European regulations? Looking at some Greek aerodrome information charts, I discovered that there are airports with the designation &quot;Local flights not permitted&quot;. I speculate this is because the areas are near sensitive/military installations.
My question is: How is a &quot;local flight&quot; defined?

Is it a flight where the departure as well as arrival point is the airport in question?
Is it a request for touch &amp; go?
Is it a flight around the airport area, beyond what is required for departure/landing (though I wonder how easy is that to define, particularly in case of e.g. meteorological conditions, such as local clouds)?
All of the above? Something else?

FWIW, I noticed this looking at older charts (suitable only for simulation purposes), so I don't know if this reflects up-to-date information.
In the UK at least a local flight is one that begins and ends at the same aerodrome. This flight could be remaining in the circuit (pattern) or flying a 3 hour navigation exercise a long distance but as long as you come back to the same place without landing away it's a local flight. It is the same in all the other European countries I've flown to, I haven't been to Greece though so there's a chance their definition may be different.