AESA completes the first phase of its exemption plan for municipalities located under aeronautical easements

• These exemptions allow the bodies of certain municipalities to be exempted from requesting prior reports from AESA for constructions or facilities, provided that it does not pose a risk to aviation safety.
• The list of exempt municipalities can be consulted on the Agency's website and in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
• This work means a reduction of administrative burden and agility in procedures, both for local entities and for the EASA itself, which translates into a direct benefit for the citizen.

Madrid, 10 July 2025 (AESA).

The State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) has completed the first phase of its plan to grant exemptions to municipalities located within civil aeronautical easements in Spain, which delimit the protection zone around airports, helipads and radio installations in order to ensure the safety of air operations.

This measure allows applicants for actions under the geographical areas that are affected by aeronautical easements to be exempted from applying to AESA for prior favorable agreement for urban activities, such as constructions, facilities or plantations, provided that the safety or regularity of air operations is not compromised.

The exemptions, which can be found in the ‘Aeronautical Servitudes’ section of the Agency’swebsite after their publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), have been granted ex officio, that is, on their own initiative, following an organisation plan previously defined by AESA, aligned with technical and aviation safety criteria.

During this first phase, exemptions have been issued for municipalities that meet the technical requirements and are located under the aeronautical easements of the airports of Alicante, Granada-Jaén, Pamplona, Logroño-Agoncillo, Teruel, Santander, Sevilla, Burgos, Castellón, Girona, Sabadell, San Sebastián, A Coruña, Málaga, Vitoria, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona-El Prat, Madrid-Barajas, Madrid-Cuatro Vientos, Valencia, Asturias, Almería, Bilbao, Jerez, Reus, Lleida, Santiago, Vigo, Huesca and Asturias.

This initiative entails a significant reduction of the administrative burden for both local authorities and AESA, thus improving inter-agency coordination and streamlining administrative procedures for aeronautical easements. In the same way, it also translates into a direct benefit for citizens, by avoiding having to go through this procedure when the expected circumstances occur.

In AESA's commitment to aviation safety, the Agency will continue to advance in the next phases to evaluate new geographical areas, as well as the revision of those already published may be contemplated if there is an update of a specific easement.

For more information, you can consult our web section.

About AESA

AESA is the State body, attached to the Secretary of State for Transport of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, which ensures that civil aviation standards are complied with in all aeronautical activity in Spain.

The Agency has the missions of Supervision, Inspection and Management of Air Transport, Air Navigation and Airport Security. It assesses risks to transport safety and has the power to impose penalties for breaches of civil aviation rules.