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The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2026

S.I. 2026/553 · Made 20 May 2026

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CIVIL AVIATION

Made 20th May 2026

Coming into force 11th June 2026

The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by article 219 of the Air Navigation Order 2016f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2016/765, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Revocation
  3. 3Designation of Customs and Excise aerodromes
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2026 and comes into force on 11th June 2026.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Revocation

The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2021f1 is revoked.

3Designation of Customs and Excise aerodromes

The following aerodromes are designated as places for the landing or departure of aircraft for the purposes of the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs and excise—

  • Aberdeen International Airport

  • Belfast International Airport

  • Biggin Hill Airport

  • Birmingham Airport

  • Blackpool Airport

  • Bournemouth Airport

  • Brighton City Airport

  • Bristol Airport

  • Cambridge City Airport

  • Cardiff Airport

  • Cornwall Airport Newquay

  • East Midlands Airport

  • Edinburgh Airport

  • Exeter Airport

  • Farnborough Airport

  • George Best Belfast City Airport

  • Glasgow Airport

  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport

  • Humberside Airport

  • Inverness Airport

  • Leeds Bradford Airport

  • Liverpool Airport

  • London City Airport

  • London Gatwick Airport

  • London Heathrow Airport

  • London Luton Airport

  • London Southend Airport

  • London Stansted Airport

  • Lydd Airport

  • Manchester Airport

  • Newcastle Airport

  • Norwich Airport

  • Southampton Airport

  • Sumburgh Airport

  • Teesside International Airport

Signature

We concur

Carol Bristow

Justin Holliday

Two of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

19th May 2026

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Keir Mather

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

20th May 2026

Department for Transport

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2021 and replaces it with a new Order which designates certain aerodromes to be places for the landing or departure of aircraft for the purposes of the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs and excise. The effect of this Order is that it removes the designation of five aerodromes for these purposes. These aerodromes are Coventry Airport, Doncaster (Sheffield) Airport, Filton Airport, Manston Airport and Plymouth Airport. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as no, or no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.