Flight Priority

Question 1

Flight Priority Category A

Answer 1

Aircraft in emergency

Aircraft which have declared a police emergency

Ambulance/Medical where the safety of life is concerned

Question 2

Flight Priority Category B

Answer 2

Flights operating for Search & Rescue or other humanitarian reasons

Post-accident flight checks

Other flights, including Open Skies Flights, as authorised by the CAA

Police flights under normal operational priority

Question 3

Flight Priority Category C

Answer 3

Royal Flights

Flights carrying visiting Heads of State, which have been notified by NOTAM/Temporary Supplement

Question 4

Flight Priority Category D

Answer 4

Flights notified by the CAA as carrying Heads of Government or very senior government ministers

Question 5

Flight Priority Category E

Answer 5

Flight check aircraft engaged on, or in transit to, time or weather critical calibration flights

Other flights authorised by the CAA

Question 6

Normal Flights

Answer 6

Flights which have filed a flight plan the normal way and conforming with normal routeing procedures.

Initial instrument flight tests conducted by CAA Flight Examining Unit (RTF callsign “EXAM”)

Question 7

Flight Priority Category Z

Answer 7

Training flights, non-standard and other flights