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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.



General enquiries and feedback

We are happy to answer any enquiries, although you may wish to search our website first for the answer.

If you cannot find what you are looking for contact us on enquiries@caa.co.uk.

If your enquiry relates to an ATOL failure please see our guidance for customers and the travel trade containing information about claims, refunds and general advice for those affected. 

Pilot licensing enquiries: Email fclweb@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1972 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Aircraft registration enquiries: Email aircraft.reg@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1917 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm). 

Drone and model aircraft registration: Email drone.registration@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 9930 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

For general drone/RPAS enquiries: Email uavenquiries@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1908 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Space Regulation enquiries: Email Commercialspaceflight@caa.co.uk (Please note that the mailbox is only monitored during normal office hours).

Engineer licensing enquiries: Email eldweb@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1972 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Licences or certificates for Air Traffic Controllers, Flight Information Service Officers and the Radio Operator's Certificate of Competence: Email ATS.licensing@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1972 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Medical certification enquiries: Email medicalweb@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1972 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Exam enquiries: Email aml-eexams@caa.co.uk (for Aircraft Maintenance Licence examination queries), fcl-eexams@caa.co.uk (for commercial Flight Crew Licence examination queries), pplexams@caa.co.uk (for private Flight Crew Licence examination queries) or telephone 0330 022 1909 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Aircraft certification or organisation approval enquiries: Email apply@caa.co.uk or telephone 0330 022 1908 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm).

Passenger health enquiries: Email ahu@caa.co.uk.

Aviation Security enquiries: Email AviationSecurityEnquiries@avsec.caa.co.uk

Recruitment: Contact our Talent Acquisition Team: Email  hrresourcing@caa.co.uk

Please see our guidance on how to make an enquiry which explains the different options that are available.

Please also see our guidance on how to make a report or complaint.

Service of legal proceedings

The CAA accepts service of legal proceedings sent by post to Legal Department, Aviation House, Beehive Ring Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 0YR.

Where legal proceedings are served by post, please also send copies of the relevant documents to the following email address at the same time as they are served on the CAA by post, provided that the total size of the email, including any attachments, does not exceed 50 megabytes: OGCMailbox@caa.co.uk

You are responsible for the security of the information you are sending and therefore you must assess its sensitivity and whether email is a secure enough method of communication.

Air Travel Trust (ATOL)

The Air Travel Trust accepts service of legal proceedings sent by post to Air Travel Trust, CAA Legal Department, Aviation House, Beehive Ring Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 0YR.

Where legal proceedings are served by post, please also send copies of the relevant documents to OGCMailbox@caa.co.uk (provided that the total size of the email, including attachments, does not exceed 50 megabytes), at the same time as they are served on the Air Travel Trust by post. 

You are responsible for the security of the information you are sending and therefore you must assess its sensitivity and whether email is a secure enough method of communication.

Contact us

Aviation House, Gatwick

Civil Aviation Authority
Aviation House
Beehive Ringroad
Crawley
West Sussex
RH6 0YR

Main Switchboard: 0330 022 1500
(This telephone number can be used for all out of hours emergencies)

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