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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.



Useful regulatory frameworks

The guidance below explores how the existing UK and international regulations apply to your innovation and details regulatory approvals that you may need to consider for the trial of your innovative solution.

Airworthiness

The guidance listed below is available if you are designing a new aircraft, a new part, modifying an existing aircraft or maintaining one.

Close Airworthiness

Airspace

The guidance below is available if you plan on utilising the airspace for a new concept or technology:

Close Airspace

Flight Operations

The guidance listed below is available if you want to carry out commercial operations on an aircraft, for example, UAM:

Close Flight Operations

Radio communications licences

To use any radio transmitting device in the UK, it will need to either be licensed, or have a specific licence exemption. The Ofcom website provides information about applying for aeronautical radio licensing.

Close Radio communications licences

The Skyway Code

The Skyway Code is designed to provide private pilots with easy, quick access to the key information they need.

As well as covering the regulations it includes examples of radio phraseology, tables to work out crosswind components and ground marshalling signals.

Close The Skyway Code

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and the carriage of Dangerous Goods

The guidance listed below is available if you want to maintain, modify or operate a drone:

Close Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and the carriage of Dangerous Goods