About the Association

The Association was formed following the change in legislation to allow flying training of aircraft and gyro, helicopters from unlicensed aerodromes.

It was immediately obvious following discussions with a number of existing organisations and associations such as AOA/AOPA and Pooleys that a joint voice of those unlicensed aerodromes would carry more weight when issues arose that needed to be addressed, and the sharing of actions and recommendations to ensure that safety was maintained for all would be of joint benefit.

The CAA and other major industry player supported the setting up of an association to be run on behalf of the membership and this would be a route that would show government that a responsible approach to this alteration had been taken.

The Aim is clear:

“To ensure that “Safety is No Accident” and that the aerodrome operator and users of locations that are not licensed by the UK regulatory body( CAA) follow best practice and guidelines in order to be able to operate in as safe a manor as is reasonably practical.”