Paragraph 3
The Table is as follows—
| Aircraft and Circumstances of Flight | Scale of Equipment Required | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | |
| (1) All aircraft (other than gliders and SLMGs) within the United Kingdom— | |||||||||
| (a) flying under Instrument Flight Rules within controlled airspace | A | E2 | F | ||||||
| (b) flying within controlled airspace | A | ||||||||
| (c) making an approach to landing at an aerodrome notified for the purpose of this sub-paragraph | G | ||||||||
| (d) flying within Class A airspace, Class B airspace or Class C airspace | E2 | ||||||||
| (2) All aircraft within the United Kingdom— | |||||||||
| (a) flying at or above flight level 195 | A | ||||||||
| (b) flying within airspace notified for the purpose of this sub-paragraph | A | ||||||||
| (3) All aircraft (other than gliders, SLMGs and balloons) within the United Kingdom flying for the purpose of public transport | E2 | ||||||||
| (4) All gliders and SLMGs within the United Kingdom— | |||||||||
| (a) flying at or above flight level 100 except when flying within airspace notified for the purposes of this sub-paragraph | E2 | ||||||||
| (b) flying under Instrument Flight Rules within controlled airspace | E2 | ||||||||
| (c) flying within Class A airspace, Class B airspace or Class C airspace, except when flying within airspace notified as a Temporary Reserved Area (Gliding) | E2 | ||||||||
| (d) flying within airspace notified for the purposes of this sub-paragraph | E2 | ||||||||
| (5) All aircraft (other than gliders and SLMGs) within the United Kingdom— | |||||||||
| (a) flying at or above flight level 245 | E2 | F | |||||||
| (b) flying within airspace notified for the purpose of this sub-paragraph | E2 | ||||||||
| (c) flying at or above flight level 100 | E2 | ||||||||
| (6) When flying under Instrument Flight Rules within airspace notified for the purposes of this paragraph— | |||||||||
| (a) all aeroplanes having a maximum take-off weight authorised of not more than 5,700kg and a maximum cruising true airspeed capability of not more than 250 knots | E2 | ||||||||
| (b) all rotorcraft | E2 | ||||||||
| (c) all aeroplanes having either a maximum take-off weight authorised of more than 5,700kg or a maximum cruising true airspeed capability of more than 250 knots | E3 | ||||||||
| (7) All aircraft required to carry Scale E2 or E3 | EE | ||||||||
| (9) All aircraft (other than gliders and SLMGs) registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be— | |||||||||
| (a) flying for the purpose of public transport under Instrument Flight Rules— | |||||||||
| (i) while making an approach to landing | A | C | D | H | |||||
| (ii) on all other occasions | A | C | H | ||||||
| (b) multi-engined aircraft when flying for the purpose of public transport under Visual Flight Rules | A | H | |||||||
| (c) single-engined aircraft when flying for the purpose of public transport under Visual Flight Rules— | |||||||||
| (i) over a route on which navigation is effected solely by visual reference to landmarks | A | ||||||||
| (ii) on all other occasions | A | B | |||||||
| (d) flying under Instrument Flight Rules and not required to comply with paragraph (9)(a) | A | ||||||||
| (9) All aircraft (other than gliders, SLMGs and balloons) registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be when flying for the purpose of public transport | E2 | ||||||||
| (10) All aeroplanes registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be, and all aeroplanes wherever registered when flying in the United Kingdom, powered by one or more turbine jets or turbine propeller engines and either having a maximum take-off weight of more than 15,000kg or with a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 30 | J | ||||||||
| (11) All aeroplanes powered by one or more turbine jets or turbine propeller engines and either having a maximum take-off weight of more than 5,700kg or a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 19; and which are— | |||||||||
| (a) registered in the United Kingdom and flying for the purpose of public transport; or | J | ||||||||
| (b) registered in the United Kingdom and flying within the airspace of the member states of the European Civil Aviation Conference; or | J | ||||||||
| (c) flying in the United Kingdom | J | ||||||||
Notes on Schedule 6
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Sch. 6 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 81(2) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)