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Landing away from an aerodrome, creating a permanent airfield, defending a threatened airfield and finding the microlight bases of France in BASULM.

Regulations

Landing away from an aerodrome, creating a permanent airfield, defending a threatened airfield and finding the microlight bases of France in BASULM.

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Find, create and protect an airfield

Landing away from an aerodrome

The main rules on microlight landing and take-off are set by the order of 13 March 1986.

Occasional airfield

From time to time, for private recreational flights

The prior agreement of the person who has the use of the land
A prior declaration to the mayor of the municipality concerned
No paid introductory flights: under the 1998 order, a microlight may only be operated from permanent airfields
What makes a site occasional is how often it is used: the presence of a hangar or a windsock is not incompatible with this
Respect for the neighbourhood is an obligation that must be observed without fail

Permanent airfield

An airfield reserved for microlight flying

A prefectoral order sets the conditions of use
An application file to prepare and send to the prefecture concerned, for technical study by State services
The guide to creating microlight airfields details the steps

In both cases: an airfield located outside built-up areas, outside the safety perimeter of a priority Defence installation and at a distance from an aerodrome.

Based on the federation's "Occasional airfields" newsletter, which reminds readers that microlight airfields are not considered aerodromes: their use is the sole responsibility of the pilot. Read the newsletter

Permanent airfield

Create and operate a microlight airfield

You are planning to create and operate a permanent airfield reserved for microlight aircraft (ULM): the federation's guide supports you through the process.

Read the guide
It should enable you to complete the procedures with the prefecture concerned.
Prepare the file
Enclosing the information necessary and sufficient for the technical study.
Send it to the prefecture
The procedures are carried out with the prefecture concerned; the technical study is carried out by State services.
The prefectoral order
For a permanent airfield, a prefectoral order sets the conditions of use.

The documents

An airfield under threat?

The CNFAS "Defending airfields" guide shares airfields' experiences and offers advice to club managers and to any pilot keen to preserve their aeronautical and sporting environment over the long term.

Airfields

The essentials

The main rules on microlight landing and take-off are set by the order of 13 March 1986 setting the conditions under which microlight aerodynes (ULM) may land and take off elsewhere than at an aerodrome.
An airfield may be permanent (a prefectoral order sets the conditions of use) or occasional.
BASULM, the interactive directory of microlight bases in France, lists the landing sites open to microlights.

The federation's text

The rules for microlight landing and take-off away from aerodromes, the guides to creating or defending an airfield, and the airfield directory.

Topic	In brief	Documents
The rules	Order of 13 March 1986 setting the conditions under which microlight aerodynes (ULM) may land and take off elsewhere than at an aerodrome.	Read the order on Légifrance
Create a microlight airfield	You are planning to create and operate a permanent airfield reserved for microlight flying. This guide should enable you to complete the procedures with the prefecture concerned, enclosing with the file the information necessary and sufficient for the technical study carried out by State services.	Guide to creating microlight airfields (PDF) Application file to complete and return (PDF)
Defend an airfield	"Defending airfields" guide produced by the CNFAS: it shares airfields' experiences and offers some advice to club managers and, more generally, to any pilot keen to preserve their aeronautical and sporting environment over the long term in the event of threats to the survival of aerodromes.	Guide to defending aerodromes (PDF) Read it online
Find an airfield	BASULM, the interactive directory of microlight bases in France: the map lists the landing sites open to microlights, with the name, code and details of each.	Open BASULM The airfield map on this site