CAA Safety Sense Leaflets

The CAA’s suite of Safety Sense Leaflets cover a range of subjects from winter flying to balloon airmanship. Following the success of the Skyway Code, in 2021 they began a revised series that reflects the latest guidance and best practice for General Aviation pilots.

Click on the publications to download and visit the CAA’s website to see future and previous publications.

Cover of a publication titled 'Pilot Health and Performance' with a stethoscope graphic and safety symbol.

Cover of a safety guide for carbon monoxide alarms with a blue background, white text, and a diagram of a carbon monoxide alarm device.

A safety guide titled 'Winter Flying' by the Canadian Safety Association, with a snowflake icon and a safety seal at the bottom left corner.

Cover of a safety booklet titled 'VFR Flight Into IMC' with an illustration of a pilot in cockpit, and logos in the top corners.

Cover of a safety manual titled 'Weight, Balance, and Performance' with illustration of two pilots near an airplane.

Cover of a book titled 'Strip Flying' with a pink background, a drone illustration, and safety symbols.

CAA Sky Wise Alerts

Aviation is a dynamic industry, and SkyWise allows you to stay up-to-date with news, safety alerts, consultations, rule changes, airspace amendments and more from the CAA. It replaces our previous information notices and keeps you up to date with information that isn't safety critical, with a more instant, tailored service.

Latest Alerts:

19/01/2026 SW2026/017 - December 2025 UKAB INSIGHT newsletter now available December’s edition of AIRPROX INSIGHT
13/01/2026 SW2026/015 - Grounding of United States of America (N) Registered Aircraft held in trust with Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc (Ltd) flying in the UK. Link to FAA statement:
FAA Notifies Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. (SACI) to Surrender All Aircraft Registration Certificates | Federal Aviation Administration
12/01/2026 SW2026/011 - Consultation: CAP1988 Safety Guidance for Air Rallies, Fly-ins, Air Races/Contests and Charity Events. We invite stakeholders to give us their views.
08/01/26 SW2026/009 - Reminder: Teaching partial power loss To provide guidance to instructors on this subject, there is a recorded webinar from September 2025
18/12/25 SW2025/425 - Restricted Airspace (Temporary) – Stonehenge 20-21 December 2025 Details by NOTAM and in AIC M 177/2025 on the NATS website
16/12/25 SW2025/419 - November UKAB INSIGHT newsletter now available
November’s edition of AIRPROX INSIGHT features an Airprox between a PA28 flying an RNP procedure to Lydd Airport and a Cessna 182 that was transiting the area
16/12/25 SW2025/421 - Changes to UK Flight Crew Licensing Further information can be found on our website see ORS4 No.1637 for further details
16/12/25 SW2025/418 - Updated Standards Document 14 (A), V9 Standards Document 14 provides guidance
12/12/25 SW2025/417 - Find the latest on System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Visit www.caa.co.uk/swim
12/12/25 Alert SW2025/415 - LAPL recency requirements are changing Further information can be found on the LAPL(A) webpage
12/12/25 Alert SW2025/414 - Delay to combined licence More information can be found on our website
09/12/25 Alert SW2025/408 - Reminder of Safety Sense Leaflet
Alert: SW2025/402 - Update of CAP168 Licensing of Aerodromes.
Alert: SW2025/401 - Update of CAP781 Runway Rehabilitation and Maintenance.
Alert: SW2025/398 - The CAA has published CAP3150 Measurement and Analysis of Aircraft Noise and Radar Data,
Alert: SW2025/397 - The UK Civil Aviation Authority has released Version 2 of the CAP 1391 Supplementary Amendment.
Alert: SW2025/393 - The UK CAA has updated Standards Document 3 (A), V12.

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Airprox Board Reports

The UK Airprox Board’s primary objective is to enhance air safety in the UK, in respect of lessons learned and applied from Airprox occurrences reported within UK airspace

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