General Aviation
Civilian air demonstrations
- Military air demonstrations or exhibitions organised by the military administration.
- Advertising flights, carried out during the air demonstration, provided that they are not part of it, take place outside the demonstration programme and do not perform stunts or exhibitions.
- Official sporting competitions, irrespective of their territorial scope, which take place subject to the provisions of Law 10/1990 of 15 October 1990 on Sport or regional legislation applicable.
- Aeronautical meetings without flight display.
- Aircraft evolutions made in accordance with the Air Circulation Regulation, even though their spectacular nature can attract the public’s attention, provided that their objective is not to offer a spectacle of evolutions.
- Civil air demonstrations conducted exclusively with unmanned aircraft:
- Class C0 marked in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and third country operators of unmanned aircraft systems (‘the Delegated Regulation’); or
- They are held entirely indoors or in spaces where the probability of the unmanned aircraft escaping into open airspace is very low.
- Operators engaged in specialised commercial operations: They must comply with Annexes III (Part-ORO) and VIII (Part-SPO) to Regulation (EU) 965/2012 and must have submitted the corresponding declaration of compliance in the State in which the operator has the head office
- Operators engaged in non-commercial operations with complex powered aircraft: They must comply with Annexes III (Part-ORO) and VI (Part-NCC) to Regulation (EU) 965/2012 and must have submitted the corresponding declaration of compliance in the State in which the operator has the head office
- Operators engaged in non-commercial operations with aircraft other than complex powered aircraft: They must comply with Annex VII (Part-NCO) to Regulation (EU) 965/2012
- Proposal of the Director and Deputy Director of the Air Demo
- Airspace Coordination Form
- Information form on facilities and services
- Demonstration programme
- List of participants according to aircraft category
- Form 791 for the payment of the 32nd tariff for the provision of services and activities in the field of air navigation (Tax Code 312)
- Events involving exclusively manned balloons.
- Demonstrations consisting exclusively of parachuting exhibitions.
- Exhibitions which limit the following activities:
- Non-motorised skydiving, hang-wing and paragliding;
- Wings delta and paragliding with motor or model aircraft.
- Demonstrations or restricted-access civil air exhibits not open to the general public.
- Demonstrations consisting exclusively of displays of unmanned aircraft.
- Department of Operational Coordination (COP) of ENAIRE via email: cop@enaire.es
- SKYWAY Technical Office via email: oficina.tecnica@skyway-ans.com
- SAERCO Operations Address via email: operations@saerco.com
- Departments of the Ministry of Defence: Contact the affected agency directly. Consult AIP GEN 3.3
- Department of Operational Coordination (COP) of ENAIRE via email: cop@enaire.es
- SKYWAY Technical Office via email: oficina.tecnica@skyway-ans.com
- SAERCO Operations Address via email: operations@saerco.com
- Departments of the Ministry of Defence: Contact the affected agency directly. Consult AIP GEN 3.3
- Engine technology.
- Certification basis.
- Level of automatisms.
- Flight control logic (e.g. fly-by-wire, conventional, etc.).
- Aircraft size and weight (MTOW, turbulent trail category...).
- Emergency equipment and aircraft systems.
- Cabin configuration.
- Emergency exits and evacuation systems
In order to ensure the safety of the various aeronautical exhibitions and festivals held in Spain, in 2010 Royal Decree 1919/2009 of 11 December 2009 regulating the aeronautical safety of civil air demonstrations entered into force, which lays down the applicable requirements for the conduct and authorisation of a civil air demonstration.
This Royal Decree applies to any civil air demonstration in which an exhibition or show is offered in the course of an event publicly announced and open to the general public or with restricted access, including flights outside the air demonstration programme where flight exhibitions or stunts are held for the purpose of promoting the demonstration.
Royal Decree 1919/2009 does not apply to:
In addition to complying with the provisions of Royal Decree 1919/2009, participants using aircraft to which European regulation applies (see Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139) must comply with Commission Regulation (EU) 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 whether they engage in commercial operations or perform non-commercial operations, as follows:
Participants using aircraft to which European regulation does not apply (see Art. 2.3(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139) must obtain the corresponding authorisation to operate in Spain.
Application for a declaration of aeronautical conformity
In order to carry out a civil air demonstration, it is necessary, in general, to issue the corresponding declaration of aeronautical conformity by the State Aviation Safety Agency, once compliance with the requirements laid down in Royal Decree 1919/2009 has been verified.
The organiser of the air demonstration must request the State Aviation Safety Agency to issue the declaration of conformity at least three (3) months before the date of its conclusion (Article 28 Royal Decree 1919/2009).
Together with the application form (see art. 29) included in Annex IV to the Royal Decree, the organiser must submit the documentation required on that form, as well as any other additional documentation including:
In addition, the director of the demonstration must take into account the procedure to be carried out in relation to the coordination of the air space.
Aerial demonstrations that do not require a declaration of conformity according to Art. 26 of Royal Decree 1919/2009 - Responsible declaration of compliance
Although, in general, it is necessary to obtain a declaration of conformity in order to carry out a civil air demonstration, Royal Decree 1919/2009 provides for certain exceptions (see Art. 26) in which it is not necessary to obtain such a declaration, which are set out below:
In such cases, the organizer of the demonstration will submit to the State Aviation Safety Agency a declaration responsible for compliance with the requirements provided for in this Royal Decree, through the following link 15 days before the start date of the celebration of the demonstration, or the first of those to be carried out, even on non-consecutive dates.
Instead, the organiser must submit a declaration responsible for compliance with the requirements laid down in Royal Decree 1919/2009 at least fifteen (15) days before the date of the demonstration.
Together with the Declaration of Conformity, the organiser must provide all necessary data regarding the use of airspace to process the publication of a NOTAM.
IMPORTANT: The publication of the NOTAM is an essential requirement for the performance of a civil aerial demonstration referred to in Article 26 of Royal Decree 1919/2009. This procedure will be carried out by the Director of the demonstration at least 30 days before the demonstration is carried out, by directing his request to the corresponding air traffic service provider. The contacts of the air traffic service providers to whom the request should be addressed are:
Aerial demonstrations with UAS.
For aerial demonstrations with UAS consult the following link:
https://www.seguridadaerea.gob.es/en/ambitos/drones/exhibiciones-aereas-y-eventos-con-uas-drones
Airspace coordination
1. Through the instruments of pre-tactical and tactical coordination laid down in the Order of 15 March 1995 approving the rules for coordination between general air traffic and operational air traffic (hereinafter referred to as ‘coordination rules’), the director of the demonstration shall coordinate with the air navigation service providers such actions as may be necessary in relation to the use of airspace and the management, if appropriate, of the publication of a NOTAM, without prejudice to the fact that the Interministerial Commission provided for in Article 6 of Law 21/2003 of 7 July 2003 on Air Safety (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Interministerial Commission’) may establish specific procedures.
The demonstration manager shall carry out this type of procedure at least 30 days before the demonstration takes place, by addressing his request to the relevant air traffic service provider:
In cases where the publication of the NOTAM is necessary, it must be published prior to the granting of aeronautical conformity.
Where it is not necessary to obtain the declaration of aeronautical conformity in the cases provided for in Article 26, prior publication of the NOTAM shall be an essential requirement for the demonstration, except for demonstrations involving only unmanned aircraft, provided that the vertical limits of the volume of airspace in which the demonstrations will be carried out are less than 120 metres from the nearest point on the earth's surface, without prejudice to the possibility for the Interministerial Commission to establish additional cases in which, taking into account its concern for manned aviation and the simplicity of the demonstration, the publication of a NOTAM may be waived. However, the director of the demonstration may raise the advisability of the publication of a NOTAM for security reasons through the instruments established in the coordination rules, these being the ones that will decide on its relevance.
The general conditions for the use of airspace and the publication, if applicable, of a single NOTAM at the beginning of the period or, where appropriate, the coordination and separate publication for each of the demonstrations scheduled in that period must be established in advance in the aerial demonstrations of periodic performance.
Together with the request for a declaration of aeronautical conformity or together with the responsible declaration provided for in Article 26, the organiser shall provide all details regarding the use of airspace for demonstration and, where applicable, flights performed outside the programme to promote it.
2. In any case, for the coordination of airspace, the following conditions shall be respected:
a) Where the display is to take place at a site that normally has air traffic services, the director of the air demonstration shall coordinate with those services the details for the display operations, such as the time period and type of service to be provided, the airspace covered, the procedures to be followed in that airspace and the radio frequencies and transponder codes to be used.
b)Where the air demonstration is planned at a site which normally does not have air traffic services, the director of the air demonstration shall determine whether local coordination of those services is necessary.
c) In order to determine whether it is necessary to have a local air traffic coordinator for the development of the demonstration, the Director shall, inter alia, assess the extent and complexity of the programme of the demonstration, including flights performed outside the programme to promote the demonstration, and the need to coordinate the activities of the exhibition with those of other airspace users and, where appropriate, decide on the required air traffic service and agree with the provider on the details for the operations of the exhibition.
d) In any case, when unmanned aircraft are to participate in the aerial demonstration, their operations shall be in accordance with the conditions of the UAS geographical areas applicable to the demonstration site.
3. In accordance with the procedures established by the Interministerial Commission, the director of the demonstration or the air traffic services responsible for coordinating it shall propose to the competent bodies of the Ministries of Defence and of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda the establishment of a temporary restricted zone to safeguard the airspace necessary for the duration of the demonstration.
Annex II, paragraph 1(a) of Royal Decree 1919/2009 of 11 December 2009 provides that 'the Director of the demonstration may accept that the conditions of recent experience in the preceding paragraphs are met when the participants have practiced on another type of aircraft representative of the same class as that to be used in the demonstration, where it is not logical to expect the pilot to have practiced in the demonstration, either because of the age or special characteristics of the aircraft, or because of the restrictive conditions under which it may be allowed to fly.
In this regard, it is necessary to specify that an aircraft representing the same class is defined. For the purposes of considering an aircraft as representative of the same class, aircraft with similar technical and operational characteristics shall be taken into account in relation to:
