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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.



Please note forms that require payment of a fee should be submitted via the CAA Portal.

Fees for the registration of aircraft

Please note that cheques should be made payable to the Civil Aviation Authority (not CAA), payment can also be made by Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, Switch, Maestro or Delta cards.

Type of registration Fee
Balloon, unpowered glider, microlight or any other aircraft having a maximum weight not exceeding 15,000kg £82.00
Aircraft with a maximum weight exceeding 15,000kg £164.00
Out of sequence registration (in addition to registration fee) for any aircraft £356.00
Replacement copy of a Certificate of Registration £55.00
Reservation of an out-of-sequence mark (for 6 months) £178.00
Issue of a Certificate of Non-registration £30.00
Issue of an Exemption from Article 32 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 £35.00
Recordation of an IDERA £121.00
Initial issue or supplementary issue of an E Conditions Letter of Acknowledgement £61.00
Same day processing service - Aircraft weighing 15,000kg or more £310.00
Same day processing service - Aircraft weighing less than 15,000kg £190.00

For details on the complete Scheme of Charges for the Aircraft Registration Section please see Official Record Series 5.

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 Air Navigation Order 2016 Article 27 and of the Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991.

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.

Registered owner details and the registration history are available on the CAA website.

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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 Civil Aircraft to fulfil our obligations under the Air Navigation Order 2016 Article 27 and of the Civil Aviation Authority Regulations 1991.

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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 general notice page.

This privacy notice is subject to change.

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