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UK Civil Aviation Regulations

These are published by the CAA on our UK Regulations pages. EU Regulations and EASA Access Guides published by EASA no longer apply in the UK. Our website and publications are being reviewed to update all references. Any references to EU law and EASA Access guides should be disregarded and where applicable the equivalent UK versions referred to instead.



Forms used for the various transactions on the UK Register of Aircraft Mortgages are as follows:

Please note

These forms should be completed online and submitted with payment through the CAA Portal.

If all the relevant information has been submitted as scanned documents there is no requirement to send in hard copy originals.

Emailing forms

To return by email, please send to aircraft.reg@caa.co.uk.

If you are submitting forms via email the payment form CA02 must be submitted at the time.

Hard copy returns

If you are submitting forms in hard copy please send them to the Aircraft Registration Section.

Fees for transactions

The charges are formally detailed in the Official Record Series 5 (Aircraft Registration, ‘E’ Conditions Declarations, Registration of Aircraft Mortgages and Aircraft Dealer Certification).

For details of the CAA policy on refunds, please see the Refund Policy.

Searching the Mortgage Register

  • All Applications (per aircraft) £35.00
  • Certified copies of entries (per aircraft) £35.00

Charge for entry of Aircraft Mortgage

Charges depend on the maximum take-off weight of the aircraft that is the subject of the mortgage. To verify the weight of a particular aircraft please see the G-INFO UK Register database.

Maximum take-off weight CAA Charge
<= 5700 kg £207.00
5701 kg - 15000 kg £411.00
15001 kg - 50000 kg £683.00
50000 kg £1,230.00

If one mortgage covers several aircraft, the fee payable is as shown above for the heaviest aircraft, plus £207.00 for each additional aircraft. This is based on all the aircraft mortgages being submitted at the same time.

CA1577 Entry of Aircraft Mortgage form, see Mortgage Entry for further details.

Charge for entry Priority Notice

Charges depend on the maximum take-off weight of the aircraft that is the subject of the proposed mortgage. To verify the weight of a particular aircraft please see the G-INFO UK Register database.

Maximum take-off weight CAA Charge
<= 15000 kg £61.00
>15000 kg £122.00

CA1330 Entry of Priority Notice form, see Priority Notice for further details.

Charge for Discharge of Registered Mortgage

There is no charge for a Discharge of Registered Mortgage.

CA1577C Discharge of Registered Mortgage form, see Discharge of Aircraft Mortgage for further details.

Charge for Change in Particulars

The charge for a change in the particulars of the mortgage is £43 per mortgage.

CA1760 Change in Particulars form, see Change in Particulars for further details.

How we use your information

The UK CAA's Shared Services Centre collects and stores your name, address, email address and telephone number to fulfil the CAA’s obligations in respect of the Mortgaging of Aircraft order 1972.

Why we process your personal information

The processing of your personal information is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

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Who sees your personal information and why

We need to share your personal data with CardStream and Worldpay, based in the UK, for the purpose of processing payment. The processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of our, or our third party's contract and does not affect your fundamental rights and freedoms as a data subject.

The system used to process your information is supported by CGI, based in the UK, and they have routine access to your information to provide services to us.

In accordance with the CAA's obligations under the Mortgaging of Aircraft order 1972 any person may, on application to the CAA and on payment to it of the appropriate charge inspect any entry in the Register specified in the application.

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How long we keep your personal information and why

We retain your personal information as part of our permanent UK Register of Aircraft Mortgages to fulfil our obligations under the Mortgaging of Aircraft order 1972.

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Your individual rights

You may submit an enquiry or make a complaint by email to FOI.requests@caa.co.uk. Further rights as a data subject can be found on our Personal Data pages here. Contact details of the CAA's Data Protection Officer can also be found on our Personal Data pages. You have a right to complain to the ICO about the CAA's processing of personal data. Access to our General privacy notice can be found on our privacy notice page.

This privacy notice is subject to change.

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