Sponsor: Leeds East Airport (LEA)
The implementation will consist of RNAV1 approaches to runways 24 and 06 to permit all weather operations, enhance safety and allow for further development of the aerodrome.
Last updated: 28 May 2025
| Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change | 28 Oct 2016 |
| Sponsor external consultation document (with associated appendices) | |
| Sponsor's external consultation feedback report | |
| CAA letter to DfT - clarification on Air Navigation Guidance requirements | 7 March 2019 |
| DfT response to CAA - clarification on Air Navigation Guidance requirements | 18 March 2019 |
| Sponsors Consultation document 2021 | 18 Feb 2021 |
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Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA) Supporting material such as the Instrument Flight Procedure Design documentation, Safety Case, and individual draft Letters of Agreement have been provided to the CAA for assessment but will not be published for policy and confidentiality reasons. |
19 August 2021 |
| Following the publication of a redacted version of the Sponsor's final proposal, any stakeholder may submit a 'call in' requesting that the final decision about changes to the design of UK airspace is made by the Secretary of State for Transport rather than the CAA.
Stakeholders can review the airport's proposal to assess whether or not it meets any of the call in criteria. The 'call in' for Leeds East’s Airspace Change Proposal was open until 22 September 2021.Details on the process and how to submit a request The ‘call in’ window closed on 22 September 2021 with no requests made for the proposal to be ‘called in’ |
25 August 2021 11 Nov 2021 |
| Following discussions with the CAA, the Sponsor submitted updated documentation to provide clarification on a number of points. This included an updated formal airspace change proposal, an updated consultation report and an updated Safety Case | 11 Nov 2021 |
| Following further discussions with the CAA, the Sponsor has submitted updated documentation to provide clarification on a number of points. This included an updated formal airspace change proposal, an updated Pilot Brief and an updated Safety Case. | 21 Feb 2022 |
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Following a request for Leeds East Airport to provide additional information to the CAA as part of the ACPs regulatory assessment, the Sponsor has amended their ACP submission and agreed to publish their safety case. As a result of this, stakeholders have the opportunity to provide feedback on this new information until 21 March 2022.’ Stakeholders can submit feed-back by email to airspace.policy@caa.co.uk |
21 Feb 2022 |
| Updated Pilot Brief in response to stakeholder feed-back received by the Sponsor | 26 Apr 2022 |
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Leeds East Airport and Sherburn in Elmet meeting minutes. Westferry House/Online - 31 Mar 22 |
05 May 2022 |
| 13 Sep 2022 | |
| 08 March 2023 | |
| Approval Statement | 15 May 2023 |
| Operational assessment by CAA | 10 August 2023 |
| First Consultation assessment by CAA | 10 August 2023 |
| Second Consultation assessment by CAA | 10 August 2023 |
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Environmental Assessment Summary The CAA's environmental assessment of the ACP was completed in May 2023. This summary was subsequently prepared pending publication of the more detailed environmental summary and assessment in due course. |
12 September 2023 |
| Environmental assessment by CAA | |
| Decision document (CAA change approval) | 10 August 2023 |
| Decision log | 10 August 2023 |
| Change implementation date | 10 August 23 (AIRAC 08/23) |
| AIRAC distribution date / AIP amendment | |
| Sponsor's analysis | |
| PIR Data Request Form | |
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PIR data received from change sponsor |
28 May 2025 |
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Following the receipt of the PIR data from the change sponsor, stakeholders have until 1400 on Wednesday 25 June 2025 to submit any feedback on the data that they want the CAA to take into account as we carry out the PIR. Stakeholders should submit feedback by email to airspace.policy@caa.co.uk and state ‘Leeds East Airport GNSS RNAV approaches PIR (ACP-2016-013)' in the subject heading. Submissions are limited to one per individual (verified by email address). We give no assurance that we will take account of submissions made outside the feedback window. |
28 May 2025 |
| CAA PIR assessment | |
| Safety review CAA letter of acceptance | 10 August 2023 |