At a glance:
- UK Civil Aviation Authority reminds drone users about its new airspace notification system for making notification of flight and drone activities.
- Airspace Co-ordination Obstacle Management Service (ACOMS) portal helps users make notifications easily and accurately.
- Registration for the service can be made via the regulator’s customer portal.
Nearly one thousand remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) activities, such as drone swarm displays, have either been notified to airspace users, received permission or provided with exemption requests by the UK Civil Aviation Authority following the roll out of new technology.
The aerospace regulator’s system for airspace notifications - the Airspace Co-ordination Obstacle Management Service (or ACOMS for short) - has been designed to provide simpler, faster and more accurate processing.
Since being rolled-out to drone users in June this year, the regulator has processed more than 900 remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) activities on ACOMS from 351 different sponsors.
The system increases the capacity of active requests, helping support the growing number of drone users at a time when demand for access to UK airspace is increasing.
Jon Round, Head of Airspace, Aerodromes and Air Traffic Management at the UK Civil Aviation Authority said:
“Our latest roll out of the ACOMS system provides drone users with a tailored service to make airspace notifications.
"Accessibility has been a key focus, and it is now easier to raise new notifications of the activities they want to undertake.
“Our skies have never been in so much demand and ACOMS enables us to support the increasing need for safe access to UK airspace, and progress with the modernisation of our airspace.”
The UK Civil Aviation Authority is reminding drone users about the availability of its new airspace notification system for making notifications of flight and drone activities.
These can then be reviewed and made available through aeronautical information for stakeholders across aviation, from recreational pilots to kite fliers, to airports and commercial entities.
RPAS users can register for the service at the CAA Customer Portal: portal.caa.co.uk.
Notes to editor:
- The UK Civil Aviation Authority is the UK’s aerospace regulator. We work to protect people and enable aerospace.
- Drone users must first register for the CAA Customer Portal, where they can then apply and register for the ACOMS portal. More information can be found on our website.
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