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April 2025

9 Apr 2025

Vector Online: Different flying experiences in the North and South Islands

8 Apr 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at Hawke’s Bay Airport
    Submissions close 1 May 2025
  • Crane at Fonterra Clandeboye Site
    Submissions close 1 May 2025
  • Crane at Dunedin Airport
    Submissions close 6 May 2025
  • Crane at 358 Puhinui Road, Wiri
    Submissions close 6 May 2025

8 Apr 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

7 Apr 2025

General requirements - use of an approved electronic logbook

7 Apr 2025

Inspection Authorisation (IA) certificate refresher course

We've confirmed the course to be held in Auckland in July:

Date: 3-4 July 2025
Location: Auckland Airport Sudima Hotel

3 Apr 2025

Civil Aviation Act 2023 coming into effect next week

2 Apr 2025

CAN 14-003 Revision 1 Defective Self-locking Nuts P/N MS21042L3

Continuing airworthiness notices

2 Apr 2025

Newly revised educational publications available now – April 2025 revisions

Helicopter performance GAP booklet [PDF 3.1 MB]

Navigating the rules GAP booklet [PDF 5.3 MB]

Civil aviation rules and advisory circulars poster [PDF 273 KB]

Download digital copies by clicking the links above or order your free printed copies using our online order form.

March 2025

31 Mar 2025

Advisory Circulars monthly report - March 2025 [PDF 264 KB]

31 Mar 2025

UK CAA Emergency AD 2025-0001-E Hot Air Balloon Cylinders fitted with PRV adaptor CB8426 – Inspect for Cracking [PDF 192 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

28 Mar 2025

IA - Certificate of Inspection Authorisation (public holder list)

28 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposal

  • Crane at 74-76 Grafton Rd, Auckland
    Submissions close 24 April 2025

28 Mar 2025

Latest issue of Vector

Vector magazine: The autumn issue 2025 is now available.

27 Mar 2025

Part 77 determinations

  • Crane at Old Saleyard Road, Cromwell - no hazard determined
  • Wind Farm at Aokautere - hazard determined
  • Further Efflux discharge at an existing Dairy Plant at the corner of Browning Street and Campbell Road, Tokoroa - hazard determined
  • Crane at 16 Holloway Place, Penrose, Auckland - no hazard determined
  • Crane at Takitimu Drive, State Highway 29 / 15th Avenue, Tauranga - no hazard determined

27 Mar 2025

Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-03 - effective 27 March 2025

26 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

24 Mar 2025

Medical certification – How do I seek a review on a medical decision made by CAA? [PDF 65 KB]

Review a medical decision

24 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

21 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Construction Vehicles at Kawarau Road, Queenstown
    Submissions close 18 April 2025
  • Crane at 95 Willow St, Tauranga
    Submissions close 18 April 2025

20 Mar 2025

We’ve updated our operational policies to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023:

Operational policies

20 Mar 2025

From 5 April 2025, all forms will change to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023. If you are applying under the 1990 Act, please continue to use the forms on our main forms page. If you’re applying under the Civil Aviation Act 2023, please use the realigned forms:

Forms from 5 April 2025

20 Mar 2025

Transport Canada AD CF-2025-17 Bell 505 helicopters, S/N 65011 and subsequent fitted with ballast kit P/N SLS-706-201-007 [PDF 172 KB]

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada

19 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at 250 Duck Creek Road, Stillwater, Auckland
    Submissions close 16 April 2025
  • Mobile Crane at 43 Cedar Terrace, Stanmore Bay, Auckland
    Submissions close 16 April 2025

19 Mar 2025

Advisory Circular AC66-3.1, Revision 0, Aircraft Maintenance Approval — Examination Subject 180 Maintenance of Special Category Amateur Aircraft

This is a new AC. It provides an acceptable means of compliance for the syllabus content in respect of written and oral examinations for the Special Category Amateur Aircraft. This AC also provides guidance for recommended study material in respect of the examination syllabi in this AC.

Although this is the initial revision of this AC, it is largely drawn from the syllabus for Subject 180, Maintenance Certification of Experimental Category Aircraft. This AC also includes updated information for study materials to sit an examination and aligning format to current AC standards. Because it is new, it is not marked up.

Advisory Circulars open for consultation

19 Mar 2025

Advisory Circular AC66-1, Revision 7, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence – General – open for consultation

This AC has been revised and is available for consultation. Revision 7 adds components on:

  • Practical Consolidation Training (PCT) for Practical Training Records (PTR)
  • Amateur Build Maintenance Authorisations, and
  • Foreign Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Recognition Consolidated Examination.

As well as these changes, to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023), we have updated:

  • section numbers to reflect the CA Act 2023
  • wording in the section on rule 66.9(a)(1), Fit and proper person (FPP) test, to reflect Act changes
  • guidance in the section on rule 66.19, Medical requirements, and
  • the Note on the bottom of page 8 relating to applying online.

Finally, this revision notes rule 66.17, Offences involving alcohol or drugs, has been removed in the new Part 66.

Advisory Circulars open for consultation

17 Mar 2025

Briefing to the Incoming Minister, March 2025 [PDF 5 MB]

17 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

17 Mar 2025

The 2025 NZ Aviation Meteorology (MET) Symposium was hosted by CAA on 21 February 2025, with attendees both in-person and online. The focus of this MET Symposium was to look to the future with three themed sessions:

  • Climate change implications
  • Preparing for space weather
  • Future of data

Presentations from all previous symposiums, are available below.

MET developments

13 Mar 2025

AC91-25, Passenger Safety Briefings – new Easy Read versions and extended consultation deadline

We now have Easy Read versions of this draft AC. To give people a chance to provide feedback, we've also extended the deadline for providing feedback to Tuesday 22 April 2025.

12 Mar 2025

EASA AD 2025-0056 DG-300, DG-300 ELAN, DG-300 ELAN ACRO, DG-300 CLUB ELAN, DG-300 CLUB ELAN ACRO gliders [PDF 223 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

12 Mar 2025

Vector Online: Lucky strike

10 Mar 2025

Fly More, Fly Smart: CAA Urges Pilots not to ‘Wing it’

10 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

10 Mar 2025

Part 77 determination

  • Crane at 26 Top Road, Dairy Flat site - hazard determined

10 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at 27 McLean Street, Tauranga
    Submissions close 2 April 2025
  • Meteorological Mast at Taihape-Napier Road
    Submissions close 2 April 2025
  • Crane at 485 Puhinui Road, Wiri
    Submissions close 3 April 2025

7 Mar 2025

CASA Airworthiness Bulletin (AWB) 67-007 Issue 1 - AW139 Tail Rotor Pedal Control Tube Cracking(external link)

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: CASA

7 Mar 2025

Continuing Airworthiness Notice – 05-007 Revision 2 Lycoming Service Instruction 1009 – Time Between Overhaul Extensions [PDF 112 KB]

Continuing airworthiness notices

6 Mar 2025

AC61-1, Revision 14, Pilot licences and ratings – General

This AC has been updated and is available at the link above.

Revision 14 makes changes to align with new sections and rule parts under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023), minor stylistic updates and updates the section relating to online applications on page 5. It also:

  • clarifies the requirements of rule 61.21, Flight tests, regarding remedial training and retesting, and where CAA authorisation is required, and
  • adds a new Appendix 1, Guidance for remedial training and CAA authorisation, so the previous Appendix 1 is now Appendix 2.

Note: Section 7.1, Medical Certificates, refers to the CA Act 2023 in the text, but adds a footnote to the equivalent reference in the CA Act 1990.

There is a marked-up version available here [PDF 514 KB], so participants can identify the main changes easily.  As with other marked-up ACs, the sections in yellow highlight denote insertions and the sections in strikethrough denote deletions.

5 Mar 2025

WTSA news: post-campaign survey

Massey University’s School of Aviation is running an anonymous survey to measure the effectiveness of the Work Together, Stay Apart safety campaign.

If you operate at, or from, unattended aerodromes, we would appreciate it if you took some time to complete the survey. It’s open for six weeks until 16 April.

Unattended aerodrome survey(external link)

5 Mar 2025

Air Law – pilot syllabi changes

The Part 61 Air Law syllabi have all been updated to reflect the new CA Act 2023 and recent rule changes that will come into effect on 5 April 2025.  We have provided a marked-up version of each of the syllabi so participants can easily see the changes.

Until then, these syllabi are provided to enable flight training providers to amend their training material before the update occurs in April. Please continue to use the current version of the applicable Advisory Circulars of each syllabus for current Air Law examinations.

5 Mar 2025

Vector Online: The foundation of a strong engineering culture

4 Mar 2025

Continuing Airworthiness Notice – 05-007 Revision 2 Lycoming Service Instruction 1009 – Time Between Overhaul Extensions [PDF 112 KB]

Continuing airworthiness notices

4 Mar 2025

Airport security signage update

The Civil Aviation Act 2023, which comes into effect on 5 April 2025, requires all Operational Area signs to have the existing penalties and references to the 1990 Act either removed or covered. There are some additional changes which affect Security Area signage at security designated aerodromes.

Aviation security

February 2025

28 Feb 2025

Advisory Circulars monthly report - February 2025 [PDF 264 KB]

27 Feb 2025

CAA Briefing | February 2025(external link)

27 Feb 2025

Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-02 - effective 27 February 2025

27 Feb 2025

FAA SAIB 2025-03: Transponder System - uAvionix echoUAT ADS-B Transceiver (echoUAT transceiver)(external link)

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: FAA

26 Feb 2025

Pricing review 2024 documents added: 

Summary of submissions [PDF 591 KB]

Pricing table of current pricing and pricing as approved by Cabinet [PDF 236 KB]

26 Feb 2025

Media release: Safety in New Zealand’s aviation system to be audited this year

26 Feb 2025

Part 77 proposal

  • Crane at Takitimu Drive, State Highway 29 / 15th Ave, Tauranga

26 Feb 2025

Vector Online: Remember your phone when you fly a drone

19 Feb 2025

Special category airworthiness certificate application

The 24021-06 form has been updated into separate forms for each sub-category of special category. This supports the application process by requesting more specific information on a modernised, fit-for-purpose form.

There is no change to any technical requirements or prerequisites.

Part 21 forms

19 Feb 2025

Vector Online: I learned about maintenance control from this

18 Feb 2025

Notice of proposal for alteration of an aerodrome – Takaka Aerodrome

Submissions close 18 March 2025

18 Feb 2025

AC00-6, Revision 2, Electronic Signatures, Electronic Record- keeping and Electronic Manuals - open for consultation

This AC has been updated and is open for consultation. Revision 2 updates this AC in line with redrafted rules under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023) to prepare for the CA Act 2023 coming into force in April 2025. It also:

  • adds an introduction
  • cuts duplicate sections
  • amends Appendix B by removing specific quoted sections of the CCLA Act 2017 and replacing with a summary and website links, and
  • makes formatting and stylistic updates to align with current AC format.

Comments close Tuesday 18 March 2025.

17 Feb 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 108 Gala Street, Invercargill
    Submissions close 17 March 2025
  • Crane at 16 Holloway Place, Penrose, Auckland
    Submissions close 10 March 2025
  • Structure discharging Efflux at 90 Browning Street, Tokoroa
    Submissions close 4 March 2025

13 Feb 2025

Media release: CAA safety campaign wraps up, but its message remains clear

12 Feb 2025

Vector Online: Icing in summer? Yes, it's a thing

11 Feb 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

7 Feb 2025

UK CAA MPD 2025-001-E Rotax 912i, 915i and 916i Engines - Internal Generator Inspection / Replacement of Oil Spray Nozzle [PDF 205 KB]

Note: Effective date revised from 27 January to 10 February 2025.

Emergency airworthiness directives

7 Feb 2025

Part 77 proposal

  • Crane at 26 Top Road, Dairy Flat
    Submissions close 25 February 2025

5 Feb 2025

Notice of proposal for construction of an aerodrome - Selwyn Flight Park

5 Feb 2025

Vector Online: Introducing Safe Haven - A new way to report health conditions

4 Feb 2025

Media release: Recent drone usage raises serious concerns

4 Feb 2025

Continuing Airworthiness Notice – 56-002 Helicopter Side Windows – Inadvertent Departure from Aircraft [PDF 107 KB]

Continuing airworthiness notices

3 Feb 2025

Civil Aviation Authority confirms new structure

 

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