FAI Commission on Airspace and Navigation Systems

Airspace restrictions for sporting aircraft are becoming more critical in many geographic areas where other air traffic is growing. At the same time the accuracy of navigational systems is getting better, particularly those that are based on satellites in earth orbit (GPS and similar systems). Such systems are already in use in many areas of FAI for the recording of evidence for Sporting purposes, but they have wider uses.

In 2006 the FAI General Conference adopted the following policy on airspace:

1. To urge all international and national aviation authorities to have special regard for the effects of any new airspace restrictions on the practice of air sports, and

2. To urge all FAI Members to establish procedures for constant close consultation on airspace matters between national civil aviation and air traffic authorities and national air sport governing bodies.

The 2008 FAI General Conference formally established a new FAI Technical Commission on Airspace and Navigation Systems. This web page will host the information made available in this important area for the future of air sports worldwide.