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13 May 2025 |
Airworthiness and Maintenance Workshop – register now! We have scheduled three more AMW for 2025 – register now to secure your place:
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12 May 2025 |
Physical addresses of regulated air cargo agents (RACA) updated [PDF 185 KB] |
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7 May 2025 |
Vector Online: Remedial training to prevent repeated flight test failures |
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5 May 2025 |
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1 May 2025 |
Media release: New Zealand’s State Safety Programme has been updated |
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1 May 2025 |
Advisory Circulars monthly report - April 2025 [PDF 375 KB] |
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30 Apr 2025 |
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30 Apr 2025 |
Transport Canada AD CF-2025-23 Bell 505 Oil Cooler Fan Assembly Housing - Inspection [PDF 172 KB] Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada |
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30 Apr 2025 |
Vector Online: The life-saving importance of the duplicate inspection |
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28 Apr 2025 |
Beech 33/35/36 Bonanza Series [PDF 694 KB] Revision 2 adds all the other models on the Type Certificate which were not previously included in the report. |
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28 Apr 2025 |
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28 Apr 2025 |
Physical addresses of regulated air cargo agents (RACA) updated [PDF 185 KB] |
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24 Apr 2025 |
Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-04 - effective 24 April 2025 [PDF 1.1 MB] |
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23 Apr 2025 |
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23 Apr 2025 |
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17 Apr 2025 |
NZR100 Proposed Amendment for New Operator – Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited |
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16 Apr 2025 |
Transport Canada CASA-2025-04 Teledyne Continental Engine Through Bolt Replacement [PDF 225 KB] Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada |
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16 Apr 2025 |
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14 Apr 2025 |
The Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aeroclub (HBECAC) have submitted an application to designate a VRP approximately 3 NM south southeast of Hastings aerodrome. |
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14 Apr 2025 |
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11 Apr 2025 |
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9 Apr 2025 |
Vector Online: Different flying experiences in the North and South Islands |
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8 Apr 2025 |
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8 Apr 2025 |
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7 Apr 2025 |
General requirements - use of an approved electronic logbook |
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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 |
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3 Apr 2025 |
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2 Apr 2025 |
CAN 14-003 Revision 1 Defective Self-locking Nuts P/N MS21042L3 |
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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. |
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31 Mar 2025 |
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31 Mar 2025 |
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28 Mar 2025 |
IA - Certificate of Inspection Authorisation (public holder list) |
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28 Mar 2025 |
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28 Mar 2025 |
Vector magazine: The autumn issue 2025 is now available. |
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27 Mar 2025 |
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27 Mar 2025 |
Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-03 - effective 27 March 2025 |
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26 Mar 2025 |
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24 Mar 2025 |
Medical certification – How do I seek a review on a medical decision made by CAA? [PDF 65 KB] |
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24 Mar 2025 |
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21 Mar 2025 |
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20 Mar 2025 |
We’ve updated our operational policies to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023: |
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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: |
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20 Mar 2025 |
Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada |
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19 Mar 2025 |
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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. |
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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:
As well as these changes, to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023), we have updated:
Finally, this revision notes rule 66.17, Offences involving alcohol or drugs, has been removed in the new Part 66. |
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17 Mar 2025 |
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17 Mar 2025 |
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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:
Presentations from all previous symposiums, are available below. |
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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. |
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12 Mar 2025 |
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12 Mar 2025 |
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10 Mar 2025 |
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10 Mar 2025 |
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10 Mar 2025 |
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10 Mar 2025 |
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7 Mar 2025 |
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7 Mar 2025 |
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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:
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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5 Mar 2025 |
Vector Online: The foundation of a strong engineering culture |
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4 Mar 2025 |
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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. |
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