Statistics

Reported infringements

2020 reported infringements by month

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
CTA (includes airways)	23	9	19	4	20	20	54	29	53	33	14	16
TMA	9	9	14	3	3	7	29	15	14	14	8	5
CTR	9	6	22	2	20	18	32	26	22	16	14	7
ATZ	2	5	7	1	1	7	13	3	12	3	5	4
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	2	2	2	0	4	2	3	5	6	5	3	5
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
TMZ	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	0	0
RMZ	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	2	0	0
CAS-T	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total reported airspace infringements	45	32	64	10	48	56	135	85	118	79	44	37

2019 reported infringements by month

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
CTA (includes airways)	29	23	24	40	63	39	59	65	34	26	8	12
TMA	13	21	26	21	31	39	37	41	28	17	11	8
CTR	9	22	14	34	35	30	34	39	29	16	13	14
ATZ	5	4	5	9	12	12	18	13	6	10	2	4
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	2	0	7	3	6	8	8	3	1	11	2	4
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	2	0	0
TMZ	3	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	0	1	2
RMZ	1	3	2	4	5	10	10	10	2	0	0	1
CAS-T	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total reported airspace infringements	63	77	83	119	159	146	177	179	104	82	37	46

Reported infringements summary: 2017, 2018, 2019

Year	2017	2018	2019
Total reported infringements	1162	1358	1271
CTA (includes Airways)	812 *	706 **	411
CTR	* included in 2017 CTA figure	285	289
TMA	* included in 2017 CTA figure	** included in 2018 CTA figure	294
ATZ	97	130	100
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	81 ***	87 ***	54
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/ Danger Areas	*** included in 2017 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas figure	*** included in 2017 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas figure	13
TMZ	57	76	46
RMZ	115	74	48

Airspace infringements: 2017 and 2018 statistics compared

Infringement Coordination Group 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.

December 2020

Course of action	Number	Summary
Closed with no further action (including Students)	9	Student (5) Review established no AI occurred (4)
Advisory letter	17
Online tutorial and test	2
Practical training	2	Multiple infringements in one flight (1) Multiple infringements over two flights (1)
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC)	4	Single infringement inc Safety impact/other factors (2) Repeat infringing pilot (1) Multiple infringements in one flight (1)
Provisional suspensions	1
Proposal to revoke licence	0

2020 Summary of ICG decisions

Course of action	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Closed with no further action (including Students)	19	11	9	8	2	2	3	7	8	11	8	9
Advisory letter	18	32	20	16	8	24	33	47	43	63	35	17
On-line tutorial and test	3	5	3	4	0	1	1	5	0	2	1	2
Practical training	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	6	9	3	3	2
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC)	8	11	8	8	6	7	6	9	9	13	5	4
Provisional suspensions	0	3	3	3	1	3	2	0	2	2	0	1
Proposal to revoke licence	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

2019 Summary of ICG decisions

Course of action	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Closed with no further action	1	2	3	0	7	5	1	9	6	5	3	5
Warning letter (*)	4	12	4	4	7	19	60	74	56	56	51	22
On-line test	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	14	6	8	1	1
Flight training (**)						1	1	2	1	2	0	1
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC)	17	10	13	15	23	18	15	22	11	22	12	5
Provisional suspensions	2	3	2	1	3	6	5	4	0	4	2	2
Licence revocation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(*) from 1 June 2019, all other pilots subject of airspace infringement MORs are contacted by the CAA to notify them of their airspace infringement and a pilot report requested. Once the investigation is complete, and if an airspace infringement is confirmed, the pilot will be sent a warning letter to close the occurrence.

(**) listed as a separate course of action from June

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