Legal and Regulatory
The main legislation affecting kiteflyers is the Air Navigation Order and Regulations published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).The Order is very complex and it can be quite difficult to extract the sections relevant to kiteflyers!
Copyright restrictions prevent us putting the Order directly on this site, but if you follow the "CAP393" link on the left you can see the Order on the CAA site.
News Flash !!
The CAA have just published (31st January 2008), the latest version of CAP393, the “Air Navigation: the Order and Regulations".
To try and make life a little easier, we are in the process of extracting the relevant sections and a summary of these will be added under the "CAP393 Analysis" link on the left.
For other questions regarding rules and regulations for kiteflying, the key contact at the Civil Aviation Authority is:
Dave Miller
Telephone: 020 7453 6585
email: david.miller@caa.co.uk
He can advise on such things as:
• Captive balloon, kite and toy balloon flying
• Issue of Permissions and Exemptions from the ANO [Air Navigation Order] for balloons and kites, where necessary
• Providing specialist advice on ATC aspects of captive balloon and kite flying
• Reviewing and issuing annual Airspace Co-ordination Notices