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Information released under FOI
The CAA Disclosure Log provides a record of those requests considered to be in the wider public interest.
The table below shows responses to information requests that have been released since 2014. Details of earlier responses can be accessed from the National Archives.
Aircraft
2018
- Copy of BCAR (British civil airworthiness requirements), section G Rotorcraft
- Regulatory information relating to commercial helicopter operations
- Safety standards in relation to cabin air in commercial aircraft
2016
- British Civil Airworthiness Requirements
- Fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Complaints about low flying aircraft
- Minutes of meetings regarding the lifting of the CAA ban on EC225 Helicopters
2015
- Aircraft engine fire reports
- Aircraft fuel
- Aircraft identification numbers
- Fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Highlands restricted area R610 Series
- Landing gear failure reports
- Noise insulation schemes
- Registered owners of AW139 aircraft
2014
- Airbus A320 incident
- Aircraft hard landings
- Aircraft leasing
- Aircraft noise complaints
- Aircraft separation requirements
- Aircraft transponders
- Aircraft tyre failures
- Boeing 757 damage reports
- Cabri G2 helicopter ratings
- Engine stall reports
- Falling objects
- G-WPDB flying permissions
- Helicopter flotation systems
- Helicopter night flights
- Helipads in the UK
- ILS antennae guidance
- Laser attacks
- M3 check list
- Mandatory occurrence reports (MORs) relating to B747 aircraft
- Prop strike incidents
- Q-Pulse system forms
Airlines
2019
- Correspondence from Ryanair relating to reduction in falling airfares
- Details of medical equipment carried on UK airlines
2018
- CAA undertaking against Etihad Airlines
- CAA correspondence with Ryanair relating to canceled flights
- Details of Air Canada flights, cancellations and delays
- Number of complaints British Airways have received
- Complaints received relating to Ryanair baggage policy change
- Correspondence between the CAA and British Airways relating to a cancelled flight
- Number of no shows for British Airways flight
2017
- BA systems failure correspondence
- EasyJet's Air Operator Certificate
- Monarch / Info relating to repatriation flight
- Thomas Cook airline's leasing agreement / Smartlynx flights
2016
- CAA airline prosecutions
- Pakistan International Airlines complaints
- Thomas Cook complaints
- Vueling complaints
2015
- First departing BA City Flyer flight from London City airport on 05/05/2013
- EasyJet Airprox report
- EasyJet flight EZY1911 to Majorca 20/08/2015
- EasyJet flight slot
- Jet2 bird strike
- Airline liability guidance
- Thomas Cook leasing
- Thomson airways bird strike
- Top 5 flight delays
2014
Airports
2019
- Transcripts and recordings from Gatwick and Heathrow Air Traffic Control relating to drone incidents
- Copy of CCTV from Gatwick airport
- Details of complaints, confiscations and abuse received by airport staff at Heathrow and Gatwick
- Number of people passing through security at Belfast airport
- Heathrow expansion
2018
- Information relating to Rochester Aerodromes applications to construct new helipads and close runways
- Information relating to serial stowaway and subsequent arrest
- Categories of fire cover at UK airports
- Flight schedule of inbound and outbound flights to Birmingham Airport
- Information relating to the processes for loading hand baggage onto an aircraft
- Risk factor information for Heathrow Airport
- Number of water fountains at Cardiff Airport
- Airport security procedures
- Statistics for accidents in airports
- Number of complaints received regarding queues at Belfast airport
- Details about the suspension of operations at Gatwick Airport 10/08/18
- Hours of operation for Bristol & Exeter Airports
- People seeking employment at each UK airport that are subject to security checks
- Organisation chart and information relating to the Gatwick Fire Service
2017
- Average holding times for 2016
- Communications referencing Donald Trump relating to Spaceflights at Prestwick Airport
- The London Heliport at Battersea
2016
- Average holding times
- Data for London Terminal Control
- Development plans for Rochester Airport
- Ground handling services
- Heathrow - Private landowners
- RAF Northolt - Obstacle limitation surfaces
- Scheduled flights for major UK airports
2015
- Airports commission
- Blackpool airport licence
- Carlisle airport infrastructure
- Edinburgh airport departures
- Farnborough airport incident reports
- Gatwick airport - aircraft height levels on eastern approach
- Gatwick airport airspace environmental assessment
- Gatwick airport eastern approach
- Gatwick airspace consultation
- Heathrow arrivals/departures
- Heathrow - compton departure route
- Heathrow flights
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight trials
- Heathrow operational freedoms trial
- Incidents at Belfast International airport
- London City airport
- London City airport - first departing BA City Flyer flight on 05/05/2013
- Manchester airport - flights from Heraklion airport (Crete) between 19-23 September 2011
- Manston airport diversions
- Missed flights Stansted airport
- RAF Northolt safety
- Stansted flight paths
- Type A charts for Duxford airfield
- Wind turbines near airports
2014
- BA flights at London City Airport
- Birdstrikes at Belfast City airport
- Bristol airport runway
- Farnborough licence
- Gatwick ADNID consultation
- Gatwick ADNID trial - 1
- Gatwick ADNID trial - 2
- Gatwick ADNID trial - 3
- Gatwick airport flight path trial
- Gatwick airport - delayed flights arriving from Europe
- Gatwick trial flights over Warnham
- Heathrow flight trial
- Manchester terminal manoeuvring area (TMA)
- Manston airport
- Newcastle airport - public safety zone
- Redhill aerodrome
Airspace
2019
- Copy of UK CAA Runway Resilience Study 2008
- Minutes and notes relating to Heathrow IPA Airspace Change
- Information relating to Airspace closures between 2009 and 2011
2018
- Minutes of any UK Future Airspace Strategy meetings in 2017
- Copy of Implementing PBN and the Environmental Challenge presentation
- Heathrow track density maps for summer 2016 and 2017
- Correspondence between the Department For Transport and CAA relating to Survey of Noise Attitudes and Night Time Sensitivity
- Copy of Bridging ACP document referred to in NATS Airspace Change Proposal
- TAG Farnborough Airspace Change documentation
- Luton airport westerly arrivals path
- Information relating to consultation with NATMAC
- Changes volume of flights in easterly and westerly direction in 2017 at Gatwick
- Details of Standard Instrument Departure routes and Standard Instrument Arrival routes that are being considered for Heathrow
- Edinburgh airport and current Airspace consultation
- Reworking of Edinburgh noise contours
- STAR Truncation Policy
- Departure route for Southend Airport
- Flight radar data for Gatwick for February, July and August 2017
- Bristol Airport flight path information
- Goodwood Airfield flight paths
- Number of flights from Heathrow and Gatwick that have passed overhead house
- Information related to Gatwick Reduced Noise Night Trials (RNN)
- Request for non-redacted copy of Gatwick RNAV SIDS Airspace Change decision letter 2013
- Changes to Heathrow flight path since 2002
- London airports flight path data in 2017
- Flight contour charts for Heathrow westerly arrivals
- Research data and reports conducted for the Southampton Airport Draft masterplan 2018 into noise contour mapping
- Aircraft movements for aircraft departing from Gatwick Airport to the west between 2008 and 2018
- Edinburgh Airport Airspace change information
- Heathrow westerly arrival information prior to 1995
- Flight data over south east of London
- Information relating to ADS-B
- Location of UK navigation waypoint information
- Correspondence relating to Air Traffic Control closures at High Wycombe Airport
2017
- Communications between the CAA and Gatwick Airport in respect of the decision and recommendations in CAP 1531
- Flight paths across South London SE25
- Heathrow and Gatwick flight path information
- Gatwick mapping of routes / East and West
- Gatwick Route 4 departure tracks
- Gatwick Route 5 simulator test validation report
- Heathrow mapping of arrivals and departures
- Westerly preference operations at Heathrow
2016
- Airspace Change Process - CAP 725
- Climb rates from Heathrow
- Departure Enhancement Project - Heathrow Easterly Package Operational Trial
- Edinburgh Airport TUTUR flight path trial
- FAQ on CAA website on IFP
- Flight paths over WF2 9JT
- Gatwick departure tracks on the Southampton SIDs
- Gatwick route 4 complaint figures
- Gatwick route 4 complaint figures received by CAA
- Gatwick route 4 correspondence relating to operational issues
- Gatwick route 4 Pilots/Flight operators complaint figures
- Gatwick SAM departure route
- Gatwick westerly and easterly arrival plots
- Heathrow flight paths
- NATS/CAA AIP Supplements
- Ownership of airspace around Gatwick and Heathrow airports
- Windfarm Radar Mitigation System
2015
- Aircraft flying over Swansea
- Airports commission
- Airprox incidents
- Airspace changes over Kent
- CAA notified of convictions
- CAA prosecutions
- CAA SARG report into Belfast TMA
- Edward Snowden
- Flights over Ashdown forest
- Flights over Twickenham
- Gatwick airport airspace environmental assessment
- Gatwick airspace consultation
- Gatwick airport eastern approach
- Heathrow flights
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Heathrow flight paths
- Highlands restricted area R610 Series
- Low flying complaints
- No fly zones over Scotland
- Northumbria Hospital flight path
- Overflight information
- Reported diversions due to emergency
- South coast airspace change proposal
- South coast airspace change proposal
- Stansted flight paths
- Unmanned aerial vehicle airprox incidents
- Type A charts for Duxford airfield
2014
Corporate
2019
2018
- Minutes for 513th meeting of the CAA board on 15 November 2017
- Diversity of staff in Aviation Security
- CAA EU-Exit preparations
- Notices and advice provided to stakeholder in relation to EU-Exit
- Number of ET1 forms received by the CAA
- Details of any court cases between the CAA and central government and non-departmental government bodies
2017
- CAAi Organogram
- Compromise Agreements
- Cyber Attacks
- Financial management systems
- ICT strategy, business plan and budget
- Information technology team and infrastructure equipment
- Managed Print Services
- Printing and Photocopier contracts
- Telephone system maintenance contract
- Software systems
- Staff time spent on Vulcan barrel-roll investigation
2016
- Air conditioning contracts
- Board members and attendees salaries and expenses
- CAA five year Strategic Plan: Making aviation better
- Departmental plans and strategies
- Fixed Telecommunications and internet services
- Fleet contract information
- Floor area of CAA buildings
- FOI & DPA procedures
- Gas, electricity and water contracts
- Cyber Security information
- ICT contract information
- ICT information
- Telephone, broadband and WAN contracts
2015
- CAA contracts for banking, audit and card processing services
- CAA ICT contracts
- CAA ICT contracts
- CAA mobile phone contracts
- CAA software contracts
- CAA zero hour contracts
- Complaints under EC 261/2004
- Cyber attacks
- EC 264/2004 CAA letter to Commission
- Information Services Department structure
- IT cloud services
- Tender related to Gatwick development consultancy services
- Use of CCTV in Aviation House exam room
2014
- Breakdown of fee for professional skills test
- CAA complaints procedure
- CAA employees with RAF backgrounds
- CAA flight operations department
- CAA General Aviation department
- CAA IT department structure
- CAA telephone system
- Communication contracts held by CAA
- Compulsory purchase orders
- County court judgements
- External hosting contracts
- Insurance companies used by the CAA
- Staff employed by the CAA
- Visits to CAA website
Environment
2019
2018
- Dumping of aircraft fuel and condensation trails
- Reference profiles and position used for noise mapping at major UK airports
- Correspondence between the CAA and Edinburgh airport relating to proposed route E and its impact on residents
- Emissions from journeys to London airports from the Midlands
- Information relating to Energy from Waste (EfW) and advice provided by the CAA
- Night time arrivals and departures at Newcastle Airport
- Number of noise complaints made about Southampton Airport in the past five years
- Research into Vibroacoustic Disease
2017
- Average Airbus A380/Trent 900 departure height profile
- Maps relating to Gatwick departure flight tracks
- Night Noise contours for Gatwick, Stansted & Heathrow
- Traffic increase on Gatwick departure routes 2016-2017
2016
- Average vertical profiles for most common aircraft types
- Impact of moving to concentrated flight paths
- In focus - Volcanic Ash: A briefing from the Civil Aviation Authority
- Noise data for Edinburgh Airport
- Wind turbines installed by Severn Trent Water
2015
- Aircraft noise impact assessment
- Gatwick airport airspace environmental assessment
- Heathrow operational freedoms trial
- Ice fall reports
- Lightening strike reports
- Noise complaints
- Noise insulation schemes
- Noise monitors
- Reported lightening strikes
- Wind turbines near airports
2014
General aviation
2018
- Information relating to Great Yarmouth Airshow planned for June 2018
- Legislation or new rulings or discussions which would prevent a UK Permit to Fly for Ferry being issued for an ex-miltary Avro Vulcan Bmk 2 within the UK
- Information relating to the long term exemption for the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
2017
2015
- Reported accidents/incidents at air displays
- Shoreham air display
- Qualified CAA surveyors
2014
Licences and approvals
2019
2018
- Number of PPLs issued and lapsed in the last five years
- Number of commercial pilots licences revoked due to HIV
- Status of University of South Wales Part 147 approval
- Current UK licensed pilot statistics
- ATPL course pass rates since alteration to question format
- Copy of Virtual Aviation ATO
- AOC numbers and the companies to which they are issued
- Average number of exam failures per candidate, per course
- Average score for each ATPL module
- Information regarding PPL numbers and gender
- First time pass rates for ATPL exams
- Number of people holding Balloon Licences
- Number of students enrolled on ATPL courses for the previous ten years
- Breakdown of the gender of licence holders
- Number of Class 1 medicals held by individuals over 65
2017
- ATPL exams in 2015 and 2016
- Commercial pilot licences issued
- Licences and Ratings issued
- Number of newly-issued ATPL licences in 2015 and 2016
- Number of PPL(A) Licence holders in the UK
- Number of EASA CPL licences newly issued
- Diabetic Pilot's holding class 1 and 2 medicals
- Registered GA aircraft and private pilot licenses
- Registered hot air balloons
2016
- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited approval
- EASA Part 66 B3 licences issued
- EU Flight Crew Licenses
- Licensing figures: pilot licensing, flying hours, aircraft, fuel consumption, airports
- Flight crew licences issued
- Licensing turnaround times
- Mental Health
- National PPL issued
- Part NCC declarations and AltMoCs
- PFAW certificates issued
2015
- Aeromedical examiners
- Blackpool airport licence
- Breaches of pilot licence conditions
- Dangerous goods approvals
- Mental health
- Pilots diagnosed with depression
- Pilots diagnosed with depression
- Pilots falling asleep
2014
Passengers
2018
- Number of complaints received regarding airlines
- Number of complaints handed by the CAA, AviationADR and CEDR
- Confirmation of flight cancellation
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) restriction causing flight cancellation
- Number of complaints received by airline in 2016 and 2017
- Weather conditions causing the cancellation of flights
- Number of complaints relating to special assistance made to the CAA
- Checks carried out on Assistance Dogs International
- Exceptional circumstances with regard to EU 261/2004
- Number of complaints received about ADR providers
2017
- Airport and Airline provisions for passengers with disabilities
- Alternative Dispute Resolution / Complaints by airlines
- Body scanners 1st trialed at UK airports
- EasyJet and Ryanair complaints last 2 years
- Number of passengers who travelled with special assistance
- Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) assistant figures
- Ryanair / Contract term 15.2
2016
- Alternative Dispute Resolution - CEDR
- Complaints about services provided to passengers with reduced mobility
- Disability & Equality
- Disrupted flight complaints from Scotland
- Flight delay compensation claims
- Flights to Jamaica and travelling with an infection
2015
- Air rage incidents
- Air rage incidents
- Delayed flights in Scotland
- Disruptive passenger reports
- Disruptive passenger reports
- EasyJet flight slot
- Edinburgh airport departures
- Flight delay claims received
- Heathrow arrivals/departures
- Missed flights Stansted airport
- On board safety incidents
- Stowaways reported
- Top 5 flight delays
- Use of oxygen masks on aircraft
2014
- Compensation claim against Monarch
- Compensation for infants
- Denied boarding complaints
- Disruptive passenger reports
- Mobile phone use on aircraft
- Oxygen masks used on aircraft
- Passenger compensation guidelines (EU 261/2004)
- Passenger complaints
- Passenger complaints and extraordinary circumstances
- Passenger complaints received
- Passenger complaints received since regulation EC 261/2004
Safety
2019
- Confirmation of Air Proximity report
- Details of all drone related incidents 2014-2018
- Copy of flight log relating to flight diversion
2018
- Investigation officers manual and altitude measurement by radar
- Number of airprox reports as a result of UAVs in London since 2014
- List of all aviation incidents, accidents or near misses as a result of poor maintenance
- Number of laser incident reports received since 2013
- Work undertaken by the Aviation Health Unit relating to cabin air quality
- Details of AOC holders operations manuals rejection relating to flight time limitation factors
- Number of reports since 2014 concerning emergency oxygen use by flight crew and details of investigations
- Details of named passengers that have risked aviation safety
- Evaluation of risk to UK aviation from cyber incidents
- Number of UFO reports submitted to the CAA
- In flight medical emergencies
2016
- ET1 Employment Tribunal forms
- Flight Time Limitations - Bader Report
- Near miss reports
- Vulcan Bomber "barrel-roll" investigation
2015
- Aircraft engine fire reports
- Airprox incidents
- Birdstrike reports
- Birdstrike reports
- Birdstrike reports
- Birdstrike reports
- Cyber attacks
- CAA notified of convictions
- Dangerous goods approvals
- EasyJet Airprox report
- Engine failure reports
- Exemptions for SUAS/UAV/UAS operators
- Falling objects reports received
- Farnborough airport incident reports
- Ice fall reports
- Incidents at Belfast International airport
- Incidents involving fireworks
- Jet2 bird strike
- Landing gear failure reports
- Lightening strike reports
- Manchester airport birdstrikes
- Mandatory occurrence report flight TOM
- Mandatory occurrence reports
- Mandatory occurrence reports
- Mandatory occurrence reports
- Mandatory occurrence reports north Wales
- Mayday calls
- Mayday low fuel incidents
- MoD operational safety
- On board safety incidents
- Pre-flight checks
- RAF Northolt safety
- Reported accidents/incidents at air displays
- Reported diversions due to emergency
- Reported lightening strikes
- Reported tyre faults
- Shoreham air display
- Thomson airways bird strike
- UAV regulation contravention
- Use of oxygen masks on aircraft
2014
- Air cargo security training
- Aircraft separation requirements
- Airprox incidents
- Airprox incidents involving aircraft arriving at or leaving Heathrow
- Birdstrikes at Belfast City airport
- Birdstrikes logged as mandatory occurrence reports
- Dangerous goods incidents since 2009
- Extra-terrestrial contact
- Infringements of danger areas
- Mandatory occurrence reports (MORs) received for specific locations
- Mandatory occurrence reports (MORs) relating to B747 aircraft
- MORs for S92A helicopter
- Newcastle airport - public safety zone
- Powerline network adapters
- Prop strike incidents
- Relative safety
- Sky lanterns
- Wake vortex incidents
Unmanned aircraft (UAVs and drones)
2019
2018
- Information relating to acceptable distances over congested areas
- Publications or directives regarding the use of images taken from a drone
- Permissions granted to Highways England to operate drone
- Number of meetings held with drone manufacturers and users of drones
- Prosecutions against drone users
- Test and demonstration sites for drones in the UK
- Police services with CAA permissions
- Number of BVLOS applications approved by the CAA
- Information relating to CAP 1627 "Drone Safety Risk: An assessment"
- List of PfCO holders and their contact details
- Information held in relation to 'Military RPAS Workshop'
2017
- Amazon drone operations
- CAA spend on drones
- Communications with the Ministry of Defence regarding Predator B ER UAV
- Communications with Amazon about UAVs
- Number of drone permissions issued in 2010
- UAV night flight permissions
- UAV permissions / police constabularies
2016
- Approved UAV operators
- Amazon drone trial
- Amazon exemption
- Communications with Amazon about UAVs
- Communications with DfT about UAVs intended for the delivery of consumer packages by air
- Companies drone testing in the UK
- Multi-rotor UAS with a launch weight between 1kg to 4kg
- Reports of UAVs near manned aircraft
- UAV incident and UAV regulations
2015
- Airprox incidents
- Amazon UAS Operations
- CAA prosecutions
- Number of UAV misuse complaints received
- UAV permissions issued to police forces
- UAV permissions categorised by weight
- UK universities with SUA permission
- Unidentified flying objects
- Unmanned aerial vehicle airprox incidents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle policy
- Unmanned aerial vehicle users
- Unmanned aerial vehicles
- UAV permissions issued to police forces
- UAV regulation contravention
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