Statistics

Reported infringements

2024 reported infringements by month

Airspace Type  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Total
CTA 30 14 27 38 70 67 56 58 48 32 440
TMA 10 8 6 16 24 24 26 23 20 9 166
CTR 12 8 11 15 45 41 37 31 21 20 241
ATZ 4 5 4 4 10 12 10 5 10 4 68
MTA/Restricted/Danger Areas 4 4 3 7 7 9 5 5 5 4 53
Temporary Restricted/Danger Areas 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 4 2 0 16
TMZ 4 3 3 9 5 7 10 10 3 11 65
RMZ 0 5 1 2 2 7 3 0 0 0 20
CAS-T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UIR/OCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 64 48 55 92 163 168 154 136 109 80 1069

Reported infringement statistics relate to all crewed aircraft infringements occurring in UK airspace and those in non-UK airspace which involve pilots holding a UK-issued pilot’s licence.


Reported infringements: 2017 – 2023


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.

2024 decisions by month

 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Percentage
No AI 5 2 2 6 4 8 14 7 9 15 5 7.2%
AI but No Further Action 8 12 4 7 10 9 16 15 12 18 10 11.3%
Closed with no further action: Military 3 7 3 6 7 12 11 5 7  4  4 6.5%
Closed with no further action: Students 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 5 4 3  4 2.6%
Advisory Letter 31 29 11 37 43 62 59 78 70 52 36 47.7%
Online tutorial and test 6 1 1 3 2 4 6 7 11 12 4 5.4%
Airspace Infringement Awareness Course (AIAC) 9 8 11 4 11 21 19 12 23  17 9 13.5%
Practical Training 4 2 4 1 2 6 14 3 2  6 3 4.4%
Provisional Suspension 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 1  3  2 1.4%

Airspace Infringement Team decisions: 2019 – 2023


Online tutorial and test summary and results: 2023


Casual factor analysis

Latest report

This report details root causes and contributory factors of airspace infringements to provide information and help increase knowledge and awareness. It has been written by the CAA’s Airspace infringement Team who had access to Mandatory Occurrence Reports/Alleged Breach of Air Navigation Legislation Reports for all reported occurrences, and over 1,000 pilot reports, for reported airspace infringements in 2023.

Past reports

These reports were 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 CAA: 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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