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U.K. Airfields, Customs and GAR forms
05
Nov
Where aircraft can arrive and depart
1. Designated airports
Airports can have 3 types of designation:
- Customs & Excise
- Immigration
- Police
Pilots and operators can fly to and from any destination using an airport designated as a customs & excise airport. These airports also serve as immigration ports of entry. However, for flights carrying paying passengers between certain destinations, such as between Great Britain and Northern Ireland or between the UK and the rest of the Common Travel Area, the aircraft must use a police designated airport unless authorized otherwise by the relevant police force.
2. Certificate of Agreement (CoA) airports
For customs purposes certain airports not designated as a customs & excise airport may operate under a CoA managed by Border Force.
When intending to arrive or depart from Great Britain or Northern Ireland for the first time at a CoA airport, you should check the airport is approved to handle your flight, given that CoA may restrict where flights can arrive and depart, and the purpose of the flight e.g. transporting passengers or the permanent importation of the aircraft.
3. Other GA locations that are neither designated nor hold a CoA
Since 1 January 2021, Border Force can also act as the customs authority to allow aircraft to land or depart from anywhere other than a designated customs and excise airport, as long as the landing site has a CoA.
| Airport | Code | Customs designated | Immigration designated | Police designated | Certificate of Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | EGPD | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Andrewsfield (Saling) Airfield | EGSL | No | No | No | Yes |
| Audley End Airfield | E178 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Badminton | W006 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Battersea Aerodrome | EGLW | No | No | No | Yes |
| Beccles Airfield | EGSM | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bedford Aerodrome | EGBF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Belfast Aldergrove/International | EGAA | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Belfast City -George Best | EGAC | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bembridge Airport | EGHJ | No | No | No | Yes |
| Beverley (Linley Hill) Airfield | EGNY | No | No | No | Yes |
| Berrow Airfield | W229 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Biggin Hill | EGKB | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Birmingham | EGBB | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Blackbushe Airport | EGLK | No | No | No | Yes |
| Blackpool Airport | EGNH | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bodmin Airfield | EGLA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bolt Head Airfield | A781 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bournemouth | EGHH | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Brands Hatch Helipads | D005 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Brimpton Airfield | EGLP | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bristol Lulsgate | EGGD | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Buncton Barn Airfield | X321 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Caernarfon | EGCK | No | No | No | Yes |
| Cambridge | EGSC | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Cardiff | EGFF | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Carlisle Airport | EGNC | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Chalgrove Airfield | EGLJ | No | No | No | Yes |
| City of Derry (Eglinton) Airport / Londonderry | EGAE | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Clacton Aerodrome | EGSQ | No | No | No | Yes |
| Compton Abbas Airfield | EGHA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Conington / Peterborough | EGSF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Coventry | EGBE | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Cranfield Airport | EGTC | No | No | No | Yes |
| Cumbernauld Airport | EGPG | No | No | No | Yes |
| Curry Rivel Airstrip | A656 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Deanland Airfield | EGKL | No | No | No | Yes |
| Denham Aerodrome | EGLD | No | No | No | Yes |
| Dundee Airport | EGPN | No | No | No | Yes |
| Dunkeswell | EGTU | No | No | No | Yes |
| Durham Tees | EGNV | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Duxford Airfield | EGSU | No | No | No | Yes |
| Eaglescott Airfield | EGHU | No | No | No | Yes |
| Earls Colne | EGSR | No | No | No | Yes |
| Edinburgh Airport | EGPH | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Elmsett Airfield | EGST | No | No | No | Yes |
| Elstree | EGTR | No | No | No | Yes |
| Enniskillen (St Angelo) Airport | EGAB | No | No | No | Yes |
| Exeter Airport | EGTE | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Fairoaks Airport | EGTF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Farnborough | EGLF | Yes | No | No | No |
| Fenland Airfield | EGCL | No | No | No | Yes |
| Fowlmere | EGMA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Full Sutton Airfield | EGNU | No | No | No | Yes |
| Gamston Airfield | EGNE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Garston Farm Airfield | A958 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Glasgow | EGPF | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Gloucester (Staverton) Airport | EGBJ | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Goodwood | EGHR | No | No | No | Yes |
| Haverfordwest | EGFE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Hawarden Airport | EGNR | No | No | No | Yes |
| Headcorn / Lashenden | EGKH | No | No | No | Yes |
| Headon Airfield | N216 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Henstridge Airfield | EGHS | No | No | No | Yes |
| Humberside | EGNJ | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Inverness Airport | EGPE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Isle of Man | EGNS | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Kemble Airport | EGBP | No | No | No | Yes |
| Kirkwall Airport | EGPA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Knoll House | A550 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Lands End | EGHC | No | No | No | Yes |
| Lasham Airfield | EGHL | No | No | No | Yes |
| Leeds Bradford | EGNM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lee-on-Solent Airfield (Daedalus) | EGHF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Leicester-Stoughton | EGBG | No | No | No | Yes |
| Liverpool | EGGP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| London City | EGLC | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| London Gatwick | EGKK | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| London Heathrow | EGLL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| London Luton | EGGW | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| London Stansted | EGSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lydd | EGMD | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Manchester | EGCC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manchester City/Barton | EGCB | No | No | No | Yes |
| Manor Farm Wadswick | A945 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Manston | EGMH | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Maypole Airport | EGHB | No | No | No | Yes |
| Netherthorpe Airfield | EGNF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Newcastle | EGNT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Newport City Aerodrome | W254 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Newquay | EGHQ | Yes | No | No | No |
| North Moreton Airstrip | T121 | No | No | No | Yes |
| North Weald Airfield | EGSX | No | No | No | Yes |
| Norwich | EGSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Nottingham Tollerton | EGBN | No | No | No | Yes |
| Nottingham E. Midlands | EGNX | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Old Buckenham Airfield | EGSV | No | No | No | Yes |
| Old Sarum Airfield | EGLS | No | No | No | Yes |
| Oxford (Kidlington) | EGTK | No | No | No | Yes |
| Panshanger Aerodrome | EGLG | No | No | No | Yes |
| Pembrey | EGFP | No | No | No | Yes |
| Perranporth Airfield | EGTP | No | No | No | Yes |
| Perth Airport | EGPT | No | No | No | Yes |
| Plymouth | EGHD | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Popham Airfield | EGHP | No | No | No | Yes |
| Portledge Helipad | G067 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Prestwick | EGPK | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| RAF Mona | EGOQ | No | No | No | Yes |
| Redhill Aerodrome | EGKR | No | No | No | Yes |
| Robin Hood Doncaster | EGCN | No | No | No | Yes |
| Rochester Airport | EGTO | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sandown Airport | EGHN | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sandtoft | EGCF | No | No | No | Yes |
| Scatsta Heliport | EGPM | No | No | No | Yes |
| Scilly Isles St Marys | EGHE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Seething Airfield | EGSJ | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sherburn In Elmet | EGCJ | No | No | No | Yes |
| Shipdham | EGSA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Shobdon Airfield | EGBS | No | No | No | Yes |
| Shoreham | EGKA | Yes | No | No | No |
| Sleap | EGCV | No | No | No | Yes |
| Southampton | EGHI | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Southend | EGMC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| St Mary’s Airport | EGHE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Stapleford | EGSG | No | No | No | Yes |
| Stornoway | EGPO | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sturgate | EGCS | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sumburgh | EGPB | Yes | No | No | No |
| Swansea Airport | EGFH | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sywell | EGBK | No | No | No | Yes |
| Tatenhill Airfield | EGBM | No | No | No | Yes |
| Thruxton Airport | EGHO | No | No | No | Yes |
| Turweston | EGBT | No | No | No | Yes |
| Walney Aerodrome | EGNL | No | No | No | Yes |
| Warton | EGNO | No | No | No | Yes |
| Wellesbourne | EGBW | No | No | No | Yes |
| Welshpool | EGCW | No | No | No | Yes |
| West Wales (Ceredigion) | EGFA | No | No | No | Yes |
| White Waltham | EGLM | No | No | No | Yes |
| Wickenby Aerodrome | EGNW | No | No | No | No |
| Wick Airport* | EGPC | No | No | No | Yes |
| Wishanger Park (Churt) | T013 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Wolverhampton | EGBO | No | No | No | Yes |
| Woods Farm | C259 | No | No | No | Yes |
| Wycombe | EGTB | No | No | No | Yes |
| Yeovil Aerodrome | EGHG | No | No | No | Yes |
Departing UK
You are required to submit the GAR at least 2 hours prior to departure.
Southern Ireland & Channel Islands special case: if your departure airport does not have a police designation you are required to notify the police at least 12 hours prior to departure. If it does this isn’t required.
Northern Ireland and Isle of Man special case: same as above but if the arrival airport in NI is not a police designated airport please also submit a GAR to the Police Service of NI.
Arriving UK
You are required to submit the GAR at least 2 hours prior to departure.
Southern Ireland special case: if your arrival airport does not have a police designation you are required to notify the police at least 12 hours prior to departure. If it does this isn’t required.
Northern Ireland and Isle of Man special case: same as above but if the departure airport in NI is not a police designated airport please also submit a GAR to the Police Service of NI.
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