Reported infringements by aircraft category: January – April 2022
2021 reported infringements by month and aircraft type
2021 reported infringements by month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
CTA (includes airways)
3
4
10
47
32
51
49
49
25
33
32
15
TMA
2
3
6
16
19
25
17
22
25
16
17
8
CTR
8
3
14
23
30
37
28
38
32
37
29
12
ATZ
1
2
3
7
12
15
11
12
11
8
10
3
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas
3
4
3
6
7
11
19
13
1
4
6
2
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
1
5
1
4
0
TMZ
0
0
1
1
8
5
4
3
4
3
4
2
RMZ
0
3
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
CAS-T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UIR (Upper Information Region)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
Total reported airspace infringements
18
19
39
101
109
146
132
140
104
103
103
41
2021 reported infringements by aircraft type
2021 reported infringements by aircraft type
2020 reported infringements by month and aircraft type
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
2020 reported infringements by aircraft type
2020 reported infringements by aircraft type
2019 reported infringements by month and aircraft type
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
2019 reported infringements by aircraft type
2019 reported infringements by aircraft type
Summary of reported infringements: 2017 - 2021
Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total reported infringements
1162
1358
1271
753
1057
CTA (includes Airways)
812 *
706 **
411
294
350
TMA
* included in 2017 CTA figure
** included in 2018 CTA figure
294
130
176
CTR
* included in 2017 CTA figure
285
289
194
291
ATZ
97
130
100
63
93
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas
81 ***
87 ***
54
39
79
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/ Danger Areas
*** included in 2017 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas figure
*** included in 2018 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas figure
13
3
16
TMZ
57
76
46
15
35
RMZ
115
74
48
14
11
CAS-T
3
1
0
UIR (Upper Information Region)
4
Airspace infringements: 2017 and 2018 statistics compared
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.
2022 decisions by month
Course of action
January
February
March
April
%
Closed with no further action: No AI
9
14
6
7
9
Closed with no further action: Military
4
9
14
10
15
Closed with no further action: Students
4
6
5
1
5
Advisory letter
30
43
32
47
50
Online tutorial and test
0
0
1
2
1
Practical training
4
4
2
2
4
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC)
10
5
15
8
12
Provisional suspensions
4
2
3
4
Proposal to revoke licence
0
0
0
0
2022 decisions by course of action (January – April)
2021 Summary of Airspace Infringement Team decisions
Course of action
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
%
Closed with no further action
4
2
6
4
2
3
6
3
8
10
8
13
69
9
Closed with no further action: Students
2
2
1
2
4
2
3
3
4
4
3
4
34
4
Advisory letter
28
26
4
25
26
35
28
53
66
94
62
46
493
63
Online tutorial and test
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
3
1
1
0
2
12
2
Practical training
4
1
2
2
6
4
6
8
9
5
9
1
57
7
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC)
10
8
3
4
15
8
6
8
13
10
18
10
113
14
Provisional suspensions
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
2
0
9
1
Proposal to revoke licence
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2021 decisions by course of action
2020 Summary of Airspace Infringement Team 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 Airspace Infringement Team 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
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.