Applying for approval of an aviation event

You can apply for approval for an event with aircraft by post:

• Submit all the necessary documents with your application.
• The competent authority will review your application.

• It will check whether the program and the participants guarantee that the event can be held safely.
• After examining the documents, the competent authority will decide whether you will receive approval to hold the aviation event.
• You will receive a notice of approval or rejection (by post or, if applicable, via the service portal of the competent authority).
• In the case of an event permit, the competent authority will regulate the necessary safety and noise protection measures.

During the event, the competent authority will monitor compliance with these requirements.

To apply for a permit, documents are available on the homepage of theRhineland-Palatinate State Mobility Officeare provided. The application can be sent electronically by e-mail or by post. The permit will be sent to you once it has been successfully checked.

• Approvals under aviation law, Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz

Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz (Air Traffic Division)

• As the organizer, you have taken out organizer's liability insurance to cover any third-party damage.
• The aviation event does not endanger public safety or order.

• Fully completed application for approval of an aviation event
• Consent of the aerodrome operator (unless the organizer is also the aerodrome operator)
• Aeronautical event outside an aerodrome:
  • Proof of the right of use
  • Sketch of the proposed site with details of its dimensions and an expert opinion on its suitability
  • Map at a scale of 1:25000
  • Site plan at a scale of 1:1500 to 1:5000 with the event site marked. The map must show the dimensions of the event site, take-off and landing areas, the locations of the emergency services and the doctor, as well as parking spaces and barriers.
  • Program of the event including flight program
  • Air traffic control information (description of the airspace or routing required for the aviation event
• At the request of the competent authority:
  • Safety concept including emergency planning
  • Flight operations instruction of the person in charge of the event
  • Names and pilot's licenses or officially certified copies of the pilot's licenses of the pilots involved
  • Agreements of the organizer with the pilots, airlines, other parties involved in the air and ground demonstrations and with the liability and accident insurers
  • Proof of organizer's liability insurance
  • Proof of ground accident insurance
  • Proof of continuous flight training of the participating aerobatic pilots
  • Expert opinion on the suitability of the event site

Fees are charged in Rhineland-Palatinate depending on the examination costs.

• § Section 24 (1) of the German Air Traffic Act (LuftVG)
• §§ 16 Air Traffic Regulations (LuftVO)
• §§ Sections 73ff of the German Air Traffic Licensing Regulations (LuftVZO)
• § Section 2 (1) of the Aviation Administration Costs Ordinance (LuftKostV)
• in conjunction with Annex VI 9 LuftKostV
• NfL 1-1533-19 - Joint principles of the federal and state governments for the approval of public events in accordance with Section 24 of the German Air Traffic Act (aviation events)

• Contradiction

• Approvals under aviation law, Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz

You do not require a permit for aviation events in which only model aircraft and non-motorized aerial sports equipment participate within the scope of an already issued ascent permit, which are not subject to the traffic licensing requirement and with which no passengers are transported.

Further information can be found on the homepage of Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz.

• Homepage - Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz (LBM)

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