Office of the Director of Civil Aviation

​​​​Director of Civil Aviation

The Director of Civil Aviation (DCA) has overall responsibility to ensure the safety of civil aviation in Jersey and its airspace.

The director is responsible for: 

• ensuring the safety of aerodromes and air traffic
• licencing aerodromes
• approving air traffic controllers

The director is also responsible for regulating from Jersey:

• the operation of the Channel Islands Control Zone and the safety of air traffic in that zone
• the operation of meteorological services for the purposes of international air navigation in Jersey and the Channel Islands Control Zone

​DCA​'s annual reports​

DCA's 2021 report

DCA's 2020 report

DCA's 2019 report

DCA's 2018 report

DCA's 2017 report

DCA's 2016 report

​DCA's 2015 report​

​DCA's 2014 report

​DCA's 2013 rep​ort

Jersey Aviation Requirements

Part 1 - Definitions, Abbreviations and Units of Measurement

Part 13 - Occurrence Reporting

Part 21 - Certification of Aircraft

Part 36 – Aircraft Environmental Standards

Part 39 - Continued Airworthiness Requirements

Part 43 - General Maintenance Requirements

Part 47 – Aircraft Registration and Marking

Part 61 – Pilot Licences and Ratings

Part 66 – Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Licensing and Authorisation

Part 91 - 125 – General Operating Instructions and Complex General Aviation

Part 145 - Aircraft Maintenance Organisation Approval

Jersey Advisory Circulars

Part 13 - 1 Occurrence Reporting

Part 21-1 -Type Acceptance Certificates

Part 21-2 and 36-2 - Approval of Design Changes

Part 21-3 - Certificate of Airworthiness

Part 21-5 and 145-12 - Aircraft Parts

Part 21-6 and Part 39-5 - Aircraft Airworthiness Review

Part 21-8 39-9 43-2 91-6 125-7 - Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Development and Approval

Part 21-9 and 39-8 - Mandatory Continued Airworthiness Requirements

Part 21-10 and 125-11 - Special Flight Permits

Part 21-11 39-11 61-7 66-5 - UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit)

Part 36-1 - Noise Certificates

Part 39-1 61-1 91-2 125-3 - Private Operations

Part 39-2 - Continued Airworthiness Management Approval  & Approval of Maintenance Control Manual

Part 39-3 - Continued Airworthiness Management Under Article 83Bis Agreement

Part 39-6 - Maintenance Programmes

Part 39-7 and 145-6 - Accountable Manager

Part 39-10 61-6 66-4 125-10 145-13 - Management Systems

Part 39-12 43-3 125-17 145-16 - Human Factors in Aviation Organisations

Part 47-1 - Aircraft Registration

Part 61-3 - Language Proficiency

Part 61-4 - Issue of a Certificate of Validation

Part 61-1 - Aircraft Maintenance Engineers - Personal Responsibility When Medically Unfit or Under Influence of Drink or Drugs

Part 91-1 - Permit to Fly Requirements for the Recovery of Damaged or Unserviceable Aircraft - Ferry Flights

Part 91-3 - Carriage of Dangerous Goods

Part 91-4 and 125-5 - Prevention of Runway Incursions

Part 91-5 and 125-6 - ACAS Training for Pilots

Part 91-8 - Aerial Work and Specialised Operations

Part 91-10 125-13 and 145-14 - Safety Assessments

Part 125-9 - Operations Manual

Part 125-12 - Crew Resource Management

Part 91-12 and 125-15 - Performance Based Navigation Approvals

Part 125-16 - Requirement for non-deployable Flight recLaws on Part 125 Aircraft to be Fitted with Automatically Activated Underwater Locating Devices

Part 145-1 - Maintenance Facilities

Part 145-2 - Equipment, Tools and Materials

Part 145-3 - Maintenance Data

Part 145-4 - Production Planning

Part 145-5 - Maintenance Records

Part 145-7 - Safety Management Systems

Part 145-10 - Maintenance Organisation Approval & Approval of the Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE)