GovWire

Form: Providing information about international general aviation flights

Border Force

December 19
14:50 2024

class="gem-c-govspeak govuk-govspeak gem-c-govspeak--direction-ltr govuk-!-margin-bottom-0">

Reporting requirements

The General Aviation (Persons on Board, Flight Information and Civil Penalties) Regulations 2024 (the 2024 regulations) entered into force on 6 April 2024. The 2024 regulations require responsible persons in respect of general aviation aircraft to provide information online and in advance about international flights (including within the Common Travel Area) and persons on board.

Failure to comply with a requirement of the 2024 regulations may result in a civil penalty of up to 10,000. You should read thegeneral aviation guidance before you submit information about your flight.

Compliance with the 2024 regulations also meets the requirements of the Passenger Information Directions made on 1 April 2022 under sections 35 and 64 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

An operator or pilot of a flight between Great Britain and Northern Ireland or between the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man is required, in the circumstances specified in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000, to provide notice about the flight to the police.

Provide information online

To comply with the 2024 regulations, persons responsible for a GA aircraft must use one of the following online methods to provide information about the flight and persons on board:

1.The governments free-to-use Submit a GAR (sGAR) service.

You can also download the attachedGARtemplate, complete it electronically and upload it to the sGAR service.

2. Approved third-party applications (these may incur a service charge)

  • Rocket Route
  • OnlineGAR

3.Direct connections

  • FB01
  • Streamlane
  • Mobile-Edge
  • PnrGo

We are aware these publications may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing them so that we can fix these.

Read more about our accessible documents policy.

Updates to this page

Published 21 March 2013
Last updated 19 December 2024 +show all updates
  1. The authority to carry guidance has been updated to reflect a change to the passenger advice line phone number. The list of aerodromes has been updated in Annex A of the general aviation guidance.

  2. Updated the general and civil penalties guidance.

  3. Added PnrGo to the list of direct system providers.

  4. Updated 'General aviation guidance' document published with amended annexes.

  5. The General Aviation guidance has been updated.

  6. Updated the instructions for submitting a general aviation report and added guidance on civil penalties and authority to carry.

  7. Updated the general aviation guidance to the January 2024 version. Removed the emergency general aviation report telephone line poster and aerodrome designation status.

  8. Updated the general aviation report form and guidance.

  9. Updates made to Aerodrome Designation Status to reflect changes to non-customs and excise aerodromes following EU Exit.

  10. Added accessible version.

  11. Updated general aviation report guidance: annexes updated (GAR reporting) to reflect new customs reporting requirements from 1 January 2022.

  12. Changes to wording to better communicate the requirements alongside providing links to Public Health Measures.

  13. Updated changes to reflect end of EU transition.

  14. Added a new general aviation report form for use after 31 December 2020.

  15. Added aerodrome designation status.

  16. We have updated the email addresses for Surrey and Sussex police in the general aviation report guidance document.

  17. We have updated the contact telephone number in the general aviation report guidance.

Related Articles

Comments

  1. We don't have any comments for this article yet. Why not join in and start a discussion.

Write a Comment

Your name:
Your email:
Comments:

Post my comment

Recent Comments

Follow Us on Twitter

Share This


Enjoyed this? Why not share it with others if you've found it useful by using one of the tools below: