1 Aerodrome Categorisation
1.1 Responsible Authority
1.1.1 The Civil Aviation Authority, through its Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG), Manager Aerodromes and ATM, is responsible for the general surveillance of all licensed and certificated civil aerodromes in the United Kingdom. Enquiries relating to aerodromes and licensing/certification should be made to Aerodromes Sub-Department Tel: 01293-573419. See GEN 1.1 for address.
1.2 Licence Types
1.2.1 In the United Kingdom there are two types of civil aerodrome licence, namely Public Use Licence and Ordinary Licence.
1.2.2 Aerodromes or Heliports operated in accordance with a Public Use Licence must have their hours of availability notified in the UK AIP and the aerodrome/heliport must be available to all operators on certain equal terms and conditions. However, this does not necessarily mean that the aerodrome is available to all flights without limitation. Aircraft operators must check and comply with the requirements and conditions of use indicated at AD 2 or AD 3.
1.2.3 Aerodromes or Heliports operated in accordance with an Ordinary Licence may accept flights operated by the holder of the licence or by those specifically authorised by that licence holder. This normally means that prior permission is required for most flights but it does not exclude the possibility of scheduled or non-scheduled public transport flights being arranged after the formal agreement of the licence holder.
1.2.4 The annotations within column 4 of the table at AD 1.3 reflect the aerodrome/heliport licence type and must be interpreted in conjunction with the above descriptions and with the conditions of use indicated at AD 2 and AD 3.
1.3 Government Aerodromes
1.3.1 Detailed descriptions of Government aerodromes are not listed in the UK AIP.
1.3.2 Several Government aerodromes accept civil traffic subject to prior approval. These aerodromes are listed at AD 1.3 and detailed information about them is published in the UK Military documentation which is available to civil pilots on application to the RAF AIDU at Northolt (see GEN 3.2.3 for address and contact details).
1.3.3 Refer to AD 1.1 subsection 2 for general conditions of use.
1.4 Unlicensed Aerodromes/Heliports
1.4.1 Unlicensed Aerodromes/Heliports are not published in the UK AIP, except as detailed in Paragraph 1.4.2 below, however NOTAM may be issued notifying safety related changes affecting the operating conditions at any unlicensed Aerodrome/Heliport.
1.4.2 Where the CAA has approved a helicopter Point-in Space procedure (PinS) to an unlicensed Aerodrome or Heliport the unlicensed Aerodrome/Heliport will be published in the UK AIP AD 2 or AD 3. All PinS procedures are for use by CAA approved operators only, but details are published in the AIP to make airspace users aware of the presence of a PinS procedure and to assist users in taking appropriate mitigating actions in the vicinity of a PinS.
1.4.3 For further details regarding PinS refer to CAA Publication CAP2520 - Policy and Guidance for the implementation of Point-in-Space Helicopter Operations in the UK.
1.5 Aerodromes/Heliports published in the UK AIP that DO NOT operate under the conditions of IFR or SVFR are considered outside of the scope of aeronautical data quality requirements (ADQ) and are listed here:
Designator | Name |
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EGSL | ANDREWSFIELD |
EGLK | BLACKBUSHE |
EGCK | CAERNARFON |
EGLJ | CHALGROVE |
EGBC | CHELTENHAM HELIPORT |
EGHR | CHICHESTER/GOODWOOD |
EGEL | COLL |
EGEY | COLONSAY |
EGHA | COMPTON ABBAS |
EGBE | COVENTRY |
EGPG | CUMBERNAULD |
EGLD | DENHAM |
EGBD | DERBY |
EGTU | DUNKESWELL |
EGSU | DUXFORD |
EGSR | EARLS COLNE |
EGED | EDAY |
EGTR | ELSTREE |
EGAB | ENNISKILLEN/ST ANGELO |
EGEF | FAIR ISLE |
EGTF | FAIROAKS |
EGCL | FENLAND |
EGFE | HAVERFORDWEST |
EGBP | KEMBLE |
EGKH | LASHENDEN/HEADCORN |
EGCM | LEEDS EAST |
EGHF | LEE-ON-SOLENT |
EGBG | LEICESTER |
EGET | LERWICK/TINGWALL |
EGLW | LONDON HELIPORT |
EGCB | MANCHESTER BARTON |
EGNF | NETHERTHORPE |
EGAD | NEWTOWNARDS |
EGEN | NORTH RONALDSAY |
EGBN | NOTTINGHAM |
EGEO | OBAN |
EGSV | OLD BUCKENHAM |
EGTH | OLD WARDEN |
EGEP | PAPA WESTRAY |
EGHK | PENZANCE HELIPORT |
EGPT | PERTH/SCONE |
EGKR | REDHILL |
EGNE | RETFORD/GAMSTON |
EGTO | ROCHESTER |
EGES | SANDAY |
EGCF | SANDTOFT |
EGCJ | SHERBURN-IN-ELMET |
EGBS | SHOBDON |
EGCV | SLEAP |
EGSG | STAPLEFORD |
EGER | STRONSAY |
EGFH | SWANSEA |
EGBM | TATENHILL |
EGHO | THRUXTON |
| EGHT | TRESCO HELIPORT |
EGBW | WELLESBOURNE MOUNTFORD |
EGCW | WELSHPOOL |
EGFA | WEST WALES/ABERPORTH |
EGEW | WESTRAY |
EGLM | WHITE WALTHAM |
EGNW | WICKENBY |
EGBO | WOLVERHAMPTON/HALFPENNY GREEN |
EGTB | WYCOMBE AIR PARK/BOOKER |