Bermuda aircraft registration

What does Bermuda aircraft registration cost?Link to this section#

The registration fee is the flat charge the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority levies under the Air Navigation (Fees for Certificates and Services) Regulations: Registration or deregistration is a flat $500; commercial airworthiness fees run $1,000 to $101,500 by mass.?Air Navigation (Fees for Certificates and Services) Regulations 2022, BR 36 / 2022 (Bermuda), made by the Governor under article 4(3) of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 as applied to Bermuda, operative date 1 May 2022, the BCAA's published PDFwww.bcaa.bm · Schedule, Part 4(a)×Retrieved 2026-09-01Effective 2022-05-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Bermuda charges no annual registration fee; the recurring charge under the same Regulations is the certificate of airworthiness: No annual registration fee; a private aircraft pays $100 per 500 kg for its 12-month airworthiness certificate, and a grounded aircraft pays an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 a year.?Air Navigation (Fees for Certificates and Services) Regulations 2022, BR 36 / 2022 (Bermuda), made by the Governor under article 4(3) of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 as applied to Bermuda, operative date 1 May 2022, the BCAA's published PDFwww.bcaa.bm · Schedule, Part 2(b)×Retrieved 2026-09-01Effective 2022-05-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Continuing airworthiness management above a mass threshold runs under the Overseas Territories Aviation Requirements: Aircraft above 2,700 kg MTOM need continuing airworthiness management under OTAR Part 39, held by the owner or a contracted CAMO.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation Approvalswww.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. WhichFlagToFly lists each line with its source and check date in the Bermuda fee rows.

Is Bermuda an EASA register?Link to this section#

No. Bermuda is not an EASA member; it is a United Kingdom Overseas Territory regulated under the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order and the Overseas Territories Aviation Requirements, and the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority accepts named foreign certification: Bermuda is not an EASA member; since its 2021 Brexit notice it accepts UK CAA certification alongside FAA, EASA, Transport Canada and Brazil's ANAC.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Aircraft Type Acceptance Certificate (with the BCAA's published list of Type Acceptance Certificates granted)www.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-09-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Article 83bis agreements are used heavily by the Bermuda Aircraft Registry, which publishes its counterparties: Article 83 bis agreements are live with Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan; the Russian agreement is suspended.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Commercial Operations Article 83 biswww.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-08-27Effective 2018-07-16Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda EASA row carries the Order reference.

How long does Bermuda registration take?Link to this section#

Registration time on the Bermuda Aircraft Registry is a regulatory service response standard the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority publishes in business days, running from receipt of all required documentation: The Certificate of Registration issues in 3 business days once all required documentation is received.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Our Service Standards (regulatory service response standard)www.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda registration mark is set by the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order and the OTAR on aircraft registration and marking: Bermuda marks are VP-B or VQ-B plus three letters; a chosen mark can be reserved for up to 24 months, with no separate published fee and $500 the only line a change of mark could fall under.?OTAR Part 47, 'Aircraft Registration and Marking', Issue 7.00, 28 May 2025, Air Safety Support International Ltd, published on behalf of the Governor under article 5 of the AN(OT)O 2013www.airsafety.aero · OTAR 47.103×Retrieved 2026-09-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda timeline row carries the service standard.

Does Bermuda register commercial operations?Link to this section#

Yes, on both sides of a line the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order and the Overseas Territories Aviation Requirements draw: private flying needs a non-commercial approval and commercial work needs a Bermuda AOC: Private flying needs a non-commercial approval; a Bermuda AOC needs a place of business in Bermuda and about three operators hold one, with no published streamlined route.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Private Aircraft Operations (NCC)www.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-09-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority publishes no mass threshold and no age limit; the gate is type acceptance: Bermuda publishes no weight limit and no age limit; eligibility turns on who owns the aircraft and on the aircraft type being accepted.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, Eligibility (Bermuda Aircraft Registry)www.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda operations row quotes the Authority.

How does Bermuda treat a financed aircraft?Link to this section#

The Cape Town Convention is Bermuda law under the Bermuda International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Act, and a recorded IDERA controls deregistration: The Cape Town Convention has been Bermuda law since 1 January 2018; a recorded IDERA controls deregistration and costs $300.?Bermuda International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Act 2016 (2016 : 38), consolidated text including Schedule 3 (the declarations lodged by the United Kingdom in respect of Bermuda), Bermuda Laws Online, Government of Bermudawww.bermudalaws.bm · s. 3×Retrieved 2026-08-27Effective 2018-01-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Bermuda keeps a statutory aircraft mortgage register and a separate engine mortgage register under the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Act, ranking by time of entry: Bermuda keeps statutory aircraft and engine mortgage registers that rank by time of entry; registering costs $800, or $1,600 above $20 million.?Mortgaging of Aircraft (Procedures) Regulations 1999, BR 41 / 1999 (Bermuda), consolidated text as amended by 2016 : 28, Bermuda Laws Online, Government of Bermudawww.bermudalaws.bm · reg. 3(1), (6), (7)×Retrieved 2026-08-27Effective 2022-04-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda Cape Town row carries the Act references.

Can a non-resident own an aircraft registered in Bermuda?Link to this section#

The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority tests the owner named on the certificate of registration, and an owner who fails that test can still reach the register through a local company or a demise charter. The rule as published: Commonwealth, EEA or Swiss citizens, nationals and companies may own a Bermuda aircraft; others use a Bermuda company or a demise charter.?The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013 No. 2870), latest available revised text, legislation.gov.uk, The National Archiveswww.legislation.gov.uk · art. 16(1)×Retrieved 2026-08-29Effective 2021-07-22Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda eligibility row carries the Overseas Territories requirement.

How do I transfer an aircraft to the Bermuda register?Link to this section#

A transfer is completed twice over: the departing authority strikes the aircraft off, and the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority enters it and issues its own certificate. What Bermuda requires before it will strike an aircraft off: The deregistration fee itself is $500; a board resolution, mortgagee consent or a recorded IDERA and any outstanding fees are needed too, and the mortgage discharge and export certificate are charged separately.?Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority, De-registering an Aircraftwww.bcaa.bm×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda deregistration row carries the consents. The two charges that bracket a transfer:

Does Bermuda charge import duty on an aircraft?Link to this section#

Whether an aircraft is taxed on import is a question for the territory it is imported into, and it is answered separately from the choice of register. What Bermuda charges on an aircraft brought in: Bermuda has no VAT or sales tax; an imported aircraft carries 25% customs duty, with temporary importation relief at 0%.?Government of Bermuda, First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1970 (Bermuda Nomenclature and Import Duties), 2026 edition dated 31 March 2026, Chapter 88 'Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof' at page 409www.gov.bm · First Schedule, heading 88.02×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda import row carries the customs tariff.

Is Bermuda part of the Red Ensign Group?Link to this section#

Bermuda is, but its aircraft register is not. The Red Ensign Group is a family of British shipping registers, so membership reaches Bermuda's shipping register and stops there, and an aircraft on the Bermuda register answers to the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority instead. The published position: Bermuda is in the Red Ensign Group through its shipping register (Category 1); the Group covers shipping registers only, so the aircraft register is outside it.?Red Ensign Group, 'Who we are' (About the Red Ensign Group), redensigngroup.orgwww.redensigngroup.org · Who we are, opening line and Category 1×Retrieved 2026-09-09Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Bermuda membership row quotes the Group.

How should an owner choose whether to register an aircraft in Bermuda?Link to this section#

Three inputs decide whether the Bermuda Aircraft Registry fits an aircraft: whether it flies privately under a non-commercial approval or needs a Bermuda AOC or an Article 83bis operator; whether the aircraft type holds a Type Acceptance Certificate; and how the lender's interest will be recorded. An owner sets those beside the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority's positions with a professional.