Providing information about international general aviation flights
Submit a general aviation report (GAR) online if you are a pilot or carrier of a general aviation aircraft intending to travel to or from the UK.
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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 the general 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 government’s free-to-use Submit a GAR (sGAR) service.
You can also download the attached GAR template, 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
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Last updated 6 April 2024 + show all updates
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Updated the instructions for submitting a general aviation report and added guidance on civil penalties and authority to carry.
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Updated the general aviation guidance to the January 2024 version. Removed the emergency general aviation report telephone line poster and aerodrome designation status.
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Updated the general aviation report form and guidance.
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Updates made to Aerodrome Designation Status to reflect changes to non-customs and excise aerodromes following EU Exit.
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Added accessible version.
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Updated general aviation report guidance: annexes updated (GAR reporting) to reflect new customs reporting requirements from 1 January 2022.
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Changes to wording to better communicate the requirements alongside providing links to Public Health Measures.
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Updated changes to reflect end of EU transition.
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Added a new general aviation report form for use after 31 December 2020.
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Added aerodrome designation status.
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We have updated the email addresses for Surrey and Sussex police in the general aviation report guidance document.
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We have updated the contact telephone number in the general aviation report guidance.
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You can now submit a GAR online.
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General aviation report guidance updated.
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Updated general aviation report guidance published.
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Removed general aviation reporting flyer.
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Updated general aviation report guidance.
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Updated aviation poster.
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Updated guidance.
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Updated guidance.
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Updated guidance.
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New document on expectations of airfield operators
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Updated general aviation report guidance
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Updated documents
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Updated guidance.
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Updated general aviation report (GAR) form which can be sent to the police through the HMRC national co-ordination unit (NCU) providing a single submission point for general aviation report forms. The GAR guidance is also updated to include a summary describing Border Force’s expectations of airfield operators in relation to general aviation flights.
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