Reported infringements

2017 - 2025 summary

Year	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total	1162	1358	1269	753	1057	1384	1229	1158	1119

CTA (includes Airways)	812 *	706 **	422	294	350	557	532	471	516
TMA	* included in 2017 CTA	** included in 2018 CTA	293	130	176	237	165	185	192
CTR	* included in 2017 CTA	285	289	194	291	333	255	265	198
ATZ	97	130	100	63	93	102	104	73	67
MTA/Restricted/Danger Areas	81 ***	87 ***	55	39	79	56	66	59	51
Temporary Restricted/Danger Areas	*** included in 2017 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	*** included in 2018 Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	12	3	16	29	18	16	31
TMZ	57	76	47	15	35	43	69	68	43
RMZ	115	74	48	14	11	25	17	20	18
CAS-T			3	1	0	1	0	0	0
UIR /OCA					4	1	3	1	3

2025

2025 reported infringements by month

Airspace Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA	27	27	55	61	68	42	55	52	48	28	31	22	516
TMA	12	11	22	24	22	9	21	22	12	13	16	8	192
CTR	7	14	12	21	30	24	13	24	21	15	15	2	198
ATZ	3	4	4	6	7	9	6	7	9	4	5	3	67
MTA/Restricted/Danger Areas	0	3	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	5	2	3	51
Temporary Restricted/Danger Areas	1	0	1	2	3	4	8	4	4	1	1	2	31
TMZ	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	6	0	3	2	43
RMZ	2	1	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	18
CAS-T	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UIR/OCA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Total	54	63	104	123	142	99	116	127	107	68	74	42	1119

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

2024

2024 reported infringements by month

Airspace Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA	30	14	27	38	70	67	56	58	48	32	22	9	471
TMA	10	8	6	16	24	24	26	23	20	9	13	6	185
CTR	12	8	11	15	45	41	37	31	21	21	16	7	265
ATZ	4	5	4	4	10	12	10	5	10	4	4	1	73
MTA/Restricted/Danger Areas	4	4	3	7	7	9	5	5	5	4	4	2	59
Temporary Restricted/Danger Areas	0	1	0	1	0	1	7	4	2	0	0	0	16
TMZ	4	3	3	9	5	7	10	10	3	11	1	2	68
RMZ	0	5	1	2	2	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	20
CAS-T	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UIR/OCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	64	48	55	92	163	168	154	136	109	81	60	28	1158

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.

2023

2023 reported infringements by month

Airspace Type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA	30	23	30	58	62	88	53	46	49	38	40	15	532
TMA	10	13	15	18	14	23	13	19	14	7	12	7	165
CTR	13	18	11	20	37	47	25	22	28	21	11	3	256
ATZ	5	5	6	18	8	14	4	15	10	13	5	1	104
MTA/Restricted/Danger Areas	6	6	4	3	11	7	5	7	5	9	1	3	67
Temporary Restricted/Danger Areas	1	1	1	0	4	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	18
TMZ	3	3	1	6	6	8	13	6	10	6	1	6	69
RMZ	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	17
CAS-T	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UIR/OCA	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Total	69	69	70	127	143	190	117	121	120	98	71	34	1231

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

2022

2022 reported infringements by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA (includes airways)	19	29	32	44	78	81	73	71	52	39	24	15	557
TMA	10	11	21	22	36	22	25	30	16	21	13	10	237
CTR	25	10	35	29	39	34	53	40	23	20	19	7	333
ATZ	11	1	7	10	10	8	9	9	9	12	11	5	102
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	5	4	5	2	3	7	4	6	5	4	4	6	56
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	2	1	0	1	2	3	9	3	5	1	2	0	29
TMZ	2	1	1	2	5	10	4	5	7	4	1	1	43
RMZ	0	1	3	4	1	2	5	4	0	2	2	1	25
CAS-T	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
UIR (Upper Information Region)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total reported airspace infringements	75	58	105	114	174	167	182	168	117	103	76	45	1384

By aircraft type

2021

2021 reported infringements by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA (includes airways)	3	4	10	47	32	51	49	49	25	33	32	15	350
TMA	2	3	6	16	19	25	17	22	25	16	17	8	176
CTR	8	3	14	23	30	37	28	38	32	37	29	12	291
ATZ	1	2	3	7	12	15	11	12	11	8	10	3	95
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	3	4	3	6	7	11	19	13	1	4	6	2	79
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	5	1	4	0	16
TMZ	0	0	1	1	8	5	4	3	4	3	4	2	35
RMZ	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	11
CAS-T	0	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	4
Total	18	19	39	101	109	146	132	140	104	103	103	43	1057

2021 reported infringements by aircraft type

2020

2020 reported infringements by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA (includes airways)	23	9	19	4	20	20	54	29	53	33	14	16	294
TMA	9	9	14	3	3	7	29	15	14	14	8	5	130
CTR	9	6	22	2	20	18	32	26	22	16	14	7	194
ATZ	2	5	7	1	1	7	13	3	12	3	5	4	63
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	2	2	2	0	4	2	3	5	6	5	3	5	39
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TMZ	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	0	0	15
RMZ	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	2	0	0	14
CAS-T	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	45	32	64	10	48	56	135	85	118	79	44	37	753

2020 reported infringements by aircraft type

2019

2019 reported infringements by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
CTA (includes airways)	29	23	24	40	63	39	59	65	34	26	8	12	422
TMA	13	21	26	21	31	39	37	41	28	17	11	8	293
CTR	9	22	14	34	35	30	34	39	29	16	13	14	289
ATZ	5	4	5	9	12	12	18	13	6	10	2	4	100
Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	2	0	7	3	6	8	8	3	1	11	2	4	55
Temporary Restricted/Prohibited/Danger Areas	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	12
TMZ	3	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	0	1	2	47
RMZ	1	3	2	4	5	10	10	10	2	0	0	1	48
CAS-T	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total reported airspace infringements	63	77	83	118	159	146	175	179	104	82	37	46	1269

2019 reported infringements by aircraft type

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