Statistics

Reported infringements

2023 reported infringements

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  Total 
CTA (includes airways) 30 22 30 55 82
TMA 10 13 17 19 40
CTR 14 18 13 23 45
ATZ 5 5 5 18 15
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas 6 6 5 3 17
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas 1 1 1 0 3
TMZ 3 3 1 4 7
RMZ 1 0 2 0 3
CAS-T 0 0 0 1 0
UIR (Upper Information Region) 0 0 0 0 0
Total reported airspace infringements 70 68 74 126 212

 


Reported infringements: 2017 – 2022


CAA Airspace Infringement Team decisions

The number of MORs processed each month do not correspond numerically to those reported in the same month due to the time taken to collate MOR, pilot and supporting supplementary reports.

2023 decisions by month

Course of action  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May   % 
No AI 11 11 8 8  10 10
AI but no further action 4 2 7 6 5 5
Closed with no further action: Military 6 6 8 5 9 7
Closed with no further action: Students 7 2 0 2 6 4
Advisory letter 71 53 37 32  33 49
Online tutorial and test 11 5 3 4 4 6
Practical training 1 1 3 0 17 15
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC) 21 14 9 10  7 3
Provisional suspensions 2 1 0 1 2 1
Proposal to revoke licence 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 


Airspace Infringement Team decisions: 2019 – 2022


Casual factor analysis

Annual reports are produced by a sub-group of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Airspace Infringement Working Group (AIWG). The group currently includes three people, all independent of the UK Civil Aviation Authority: two industry experts whose experience covers microlight flying and instruction, higher performance commercial and IFR flying and instruction alongside a third member with experience in SEP flying and PhD level work in causal factors.

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