The regulations on landing, take-off and transit of aircraft are specified under AIP Gen 1.2, and the applications for flight permit are filed through the Web-based Civil Aviation Information Management System (SHBYS) and the AFTN.

 

Any air operators, holding no applicable air operator's certificate obtained from their countries, are not allowed to use the airspaces and airports of our Country.

 

In respect of applying for the flight permit through the Civil Aviation Information Management system, the air operators are primarily required to be identified to the system by their representatives available in our Country or by the contracted Representative, Surveillance and Management Organization. Accordingly, the Air Operator's Certificate of the air operator, the Certificate of Authority and one copy of the ground handling agreement are required to be uploaded to the Civil Aviation Information Management system. It may be applied for registration through the system upon the approval granted following the identification of the respective air carrier to the system.

 

The following aircraft documents, to be included in the flight permit application of the respective air carrier, are required to be uploaded to the Civil Aviation Information Management system.

 

• Certificate of Airworthiness
• Noise Certificate
• Registration Certificate
• Certificate of Insurance (Third person liability and passenger insurance documents are required to be prepared in accordance with the forms available in AIP Gen 1.2 Annex-1 and Annex-2, and the original copies thereof are required to have been sent to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.))

Such documents are not uploaded for each flight application; however, they are updated in case of expiration of the validity period thereof.

 

 

Non-commercial flights, referring to special flights, ambulance flights or the flights operated to carry humanitarian aid in case of natural disasters.

 

• It is not required to obtain Flight permit from our Directorate General in respect of the General aviation flights to be operated in accordance with the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC). Flight schedule is forwarded to the Air Traffic Unit minimum 3 hours in advance of the departure time.

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• In respect of the general aviation flights not covered by the scope of the ECAC, the procedure for unscheduled flight permits is implemented.

The permit applications for unscheduled flights and state aircraft are required to be made based on the following details and order.

 

• The applicant,
• Name and address of the operator,
• Nationality of the aircraft,
• Aircraft type / MTOW,
• Registration mark of the aircraft,
• Flight number / Call sign,,
• Name of the pilot and the number of crew members (additionally, the rank of the pilot in respect of the military flights),
• Purpose of the flight
  • The number of passengers in case of passenger aircraft, (the list of passengers in case of use of military airport)
  • The capacity and type of cargo in case of freighter
• The landing-taking off airports, and the route to be followed by the aircraft within the Turkish FIRs,
• The stations for entry to / exit from Turkish FIRs, and the dates and estimated time of such entries/exits,
• Name of the airport of departure/arrival, date of flight, and times of departure and arrival, if the aircraft lands in Turkey,
• Names, ranks and titles of the VIP passengers, if any,
• • The cargo statement including a detailed explanation stating that whether the cargo carried includes any hazardous materials, weapons, munitions, Dangerous / explosive substances (the ICAO identifier codes are specified, if any), optic or electronic warfare equipment, or not,
• Name, address and business field of the lessee, in case of charter flight.

The actions for special flight permits are carried out by our Air Navigational Department. It is mostly required to establish coordination with the civil and military organizations. Accordingly, the application period should be regarded in order to complete the coordination process in due of time of the relevant flight permit. The applications, not complying with such periods, are not taken into account by our Directorate General.

Coordination process of the applications is finalized favourably, then the text, reviewed and drawn up by our Directorate General in a manner to include any required details and regulations, is sent to the NOTAM Office of the General Directorate of State Airports Administration through the agency of AFTN, and it is ensured that the flight permit/NOTAM is issued. One copy of the Permit/NOTAM is, also, be forwarded to the operator by fax. In case of any unfavourable opinion, then the operator is informed via official letter.

The operators are required to deposit the fee, which is provided in the Service Tariff and applicable to the period that the operators operate flights, into the accounts of our Directorate General. (In case of any failure in performance of the flight (due to meteorological conditions, failure in equipment, etc.), then the letter of cancellation stating that the flight has not been performed, is obtained from the relevant operator.)

Applications for flight permits in respect of any and all aircraft carrying the Heads of Foreign States as well as any kinds of munitions, radioactive substances, weapons and ammunition and used for transfer of the military troops are submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through diplomatic means, 10 business days prior to the flight planned. (AIP Gen 1.2 1.1.7) The result of the assessment, carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is forwarded to our Directorate General, and the flight permit is assessed.

In respect of the flights to be operated to the airports with military status, Flight Permit Request Form, drawn up for the Military airports, is completed, and the application for flight permit is submitted to our Directorate General. The required processes for coordination with the relevant authorities are conducted by our Directorate General.