Flight permit

Flight permitsare permits or permission required by anaircraftto overfly, land or make atechnical stopin any country'sairspace.All countries have their own regulations regarding the issuance of flight permits as there is generally a payment involved. The charges normally payable would be theRoute Navigation Facility Charges or RNFCforoverflightsand also landing and parking charges in case of aircraft making halts. The procedure for issuance of these permits also varies from country to country. More details regarding these can be taken from the respective country's civil aviation authority websites.

Categories

• Anoverflight permitis an authorization to enter the sovereign airspace (12 nm limit) of a given country, overfly, and exit it. The issuing of an overflight permit confirms that there is no political or security objection to your airline, aircraft, or country of origin/ destination, and that there are no outstanding navigation fees due to the ATC authority. Under theChicago Convention on International Civil Aviationall contracting states permit overflight by other states, but for mostcivil aviation authorities,prior approval is required in the form of an overflight permit, each country has its own requirements in terms of documents, time to apply, and fees.
• Alanding permitis an authorization to land at a given airport, and in addition to the above, confirms there are no safety or noise objections to your aircraft type, and no commercial objection if you are operating the flight for revenue.
• Aspecial permitis required where the aircraft is not being operated on a normal certificate of airworthiness and requires approval from the Ministry of Transport, this usually happens for ferry flights or flight delivery.
• Adiplomatic permitis required where the aircraft concerned is government or military. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country for which you are overflying generally issues diplomatic permits.

Most countries accept applications directly from the airlines and/or their agents appointed in the respective countries. The charges for the overflying and landing are normally billed to the operators or their agents by the respective national civil aviation authority responsible for maintaining and operating all the ground to air communications facilities in its region.

Overflight permit map

A tool developed by a group of airlines inOPSGROUPshows the requirements for each country in the world.

The OPSGROUPWorld Permit Mapindicates where permits are required.

External links

• ICAO Individual Aviation Authority list
• FAA Country RestrictionsUS Issued country warnings and restrictions