Guernsey aircraft registration

How much is aircraft registration in Guernsey?Link to this section#

The registration fee is the charge the Guernsey Aircraft Registry lists in its published fee schedule for registration and its certificate: Registering an aircraft costs £300, de-registration £250 and a change of ownership £200, but 2-REG says its fees are flexible to each case.?2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Fee schedule v10.1, 13 August 2024www.2-reg.com · Fee schedule v10.1, items 1.1-1.3×Retrieved 2026-08-12Effective 2024-08-13Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. There is no annual registration fee; the recurring charge is the Certificate of Airworthiness renewal: There is no annual registration fee; the recurring charge is the Certificate of Airworthiness renewal at £200 or £65 per 500 kg.?2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Fee schedule v10.1, 13 August 2024www.2-reg.com · Fee schedule v10.1, section 4 'Continuing Airworthiness', items 4.2.1 and 4.2.3×Retrieved 2026-09-12Effective 2024-08-13Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Continuing airworthiness runs on a Technical Co-ordinator or a validated CAMO above a mass threshold: Aircraft of 2,700 kg MTOM or above need a Technical Co-ordinator or a validated CAMO.?2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Continuing airworthinesswww.2-reg.com×Retrieved 2026-08-12Effective 2024-08-13Open 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 Guernsey aircraft fee rows.

Is Guernsey an EASA register?Link to this section#

No. The Office of the Aircraft Registrar runs its own ICAO-based rules, the Guernsey Aviation Requirements, and lets an applicant choose the type-certificate basis: Guernsey runs its own ICAO-based rules; type certificates can be chosen from EASA, FAA, UK CAA, TCCA or ANAC.?2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Follow TC conceptwww.2-reg.com×Retrieved 2026-08-12Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Article 83bis operations are provided for, an aircraft under such an agreement carrying a certified copy of its summary: Aircraft under an Article 83 bis agreement must carry a certified true copy of the agreement summary.?Guernsey Aviation Requirements Parts 91, 121 & 135, 'General Operating Instructions & Commercial Air Transport Operations', Guernsey ODCA issue 14cidca.aero · GAR 91.47×Retrieved 2026-08-12Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey EASA row carries the Requirements reference.

Can a commercial operator use the Guernsey register?Link to this section#

Yes, on a certificate. The Guernsey Aviation Requirements put private complex operations on a Private Operator Certificate and commercial air transport on an Air Operator Certificate: Private complex operations need a Private Operator Certificate, valid three years; commercial air transport needs an AOC.?2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Private Operator Certificatewww.2-reg.com×Retrieved 2026-08-12Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Registrar applies admission criteria to the aircraft itself, by type certification and mass, in Guernsey Advisory Circular GAC REG-1: Aircraft must be type certificated and 5,700 kg maximum take-off mass or above; Channel Islands residents may register any type-certificated aircraft, non-residents a lighter turbine aircraft only on conditions, and amateur-built and vintage aircraft are refused.?Office of the Aircraft Registrar, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey Advisory Circular GAC REG-1, 'Aircraft Registration: Eligibility and Admission Criteria', Fourth Issue, April 2026cidca.aero · GAC REG-1, para 6.2×Retrieved 2026-08-12Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey operations row quotes the Requirements.

How long does Guernsey aircraft registration take?Link to this section#

Registration time runs from a complete file and the previous registry's deregistration confirmation to the Certificate of Registration: Registration typically takes one to two business days once all documents and the previous registry's de-registration confirmation are in.?Guernsey Aircraft Registry (2-REG) Guide to Transitional Registrations, 5 April 2022, published by Walkers; the quoted answers are given by Sidhant Sharma, Deputy Director of the Registrywww.walkersglobal.com×Retrieved 2026-08-29Corroborating source, not the register's own publicationOpen source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey mark is set under the Aviation Registry (Guernsey) Law, with a charge for choosing one out of sequence: Marks run 2-XXXX and are normally random; a chosen mark costs £525, or £1,250 for heavier aircraft, and reserving one is £55 per three months.?Aviation Registry (Guernsey) Law, 2013 as amended, section 21, section 22A and Schedule 3, published by the States of Guernsey on Guernsey Legal Resourceswww.guernseylegalresources.gg · 'Attractive registration mark'×Retrieved 2026-08-29Effective 2024-08-13Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey timeline row carries the published range.

What does a financed aircraft need on the Guernsey register?Link to this section#

The Cape Town Convention applies to Guernsey by territorial extension of the United Kingdom's ratification, with an IDERA filed with the Registrar: The Cape Town Convention has applied to Guernsey since 1 November 2015, with Alternative A and a 60 day waiting period; registering an IDERA costs £140.?UNIDROIT, Cape Town Convention states parties, declarations deposited by the United Kingdom, including the Article 52 extension to the Island of Guernseywww.unidroit.org · Declarations of the United Kingdom, Article 52×Retrieved 2026-09-06Effective 2015-11-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Charges over an aircraft are registered in Guernsey and rank by date of registration, ahead of unregistered ones: Registered charges rank by date of registration and outrank unregistered ones; registering one costs £290 and on default the chargee may repossess and sell.?Aviation Registry (Guernsey) Law, 2013 (Order in Council No. XIII of 2013), section 35 'Priority of charges and debts', published by the States of Guernsey on Guernsey Legal Resourceswww.guernseylegalresources.gg · s. 35(1)–(3), Aviation Registry (Guernsey) Law, 2013×Retrieved 2026-09-08Effective 2024-08-13Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey Cape Town row carries the declarations.

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

The Office of the Aircraft Registrar tests who may hold the registration directly, and opens a second route through a Guernsey resident agent for an owner outside that list. The rule as published: Commonwealth, EEA and EFTA nationals, and companies based there, in the British Islands, the UAE or the USA, can register directly; anyone else registers through a Guernsey resident agent or a Guernsey company.?Office of the Aircraft Registrar, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey Advisory Circular GAC REG-1, 'Aircraft Registration: Eligibility and Admission Criteria', Fourth Issue, April 2026cidca.aero · GAC REG-1, para 5.3×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey eligibility row carries the Law reference.

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

The Guernsey Aircraft Registry will not issue a certificate until the previous registry has confirmed deregistration, so a transfer is sequenced rather than simultaneous. What Guernsey itself requires before it will remove an aircraft: De-registration costs £250 and the Registrar cannot remove an aircraft until every chargee on the Charges Register has consented.?Guernsey Aviation Requirements Part 47, 'Aircraft Registration and Marking', Issue 4, November 2025, published by the Director of Civil Aviation, Guernseycidca.aero · GAR 47.63(b)-(c)×Retrieved 2026-08-29Effective 2024-08-13Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey deregistration row carries the consents. The two charges that bracket a transfer:

Does Guernsey charge import VAT on an aircraft?Link to this section#

Guernsey sits outside both the United Kingdom and the European Union value added tax areas, so the import question is asked of the territory the aircraft is actually brought into. What the registry publishes on it: Guernsey charges no VAT of its own and sits outside the UK and EU VAT areas; 2-REG puts permanent EU importation at generally 15 to 25 percent of the aircraft's value.?States of Guernsey, Guernsey Customs and Immigration Service, 'Claiming back VAT'www.gov.gg×Retrieved 2026-09-06Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey import VAT row carries the registry's guidance.

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

Guernsey is, but its aircraft register is not. The Red Ensign Group is a family of British shipping registers, so the Bailiwick belongs to it through its ship registry and no further; an aircraft on the Guernsey register answers instead to the Office of the Director of Civil Aviation. The published position: Guernsey is in the Red Ensign Group through its shipping register (Category 2); 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 2×Retrieved 2026-09-09Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Guernsey membership row quotes the Group.

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

Three inputs decide whether the Guernsey Aircraft Registry fits an aircraft: whether it will fly privately or for hire, and on whose certificate; who will hold the registration, directly or through a Guernsey resident agent; and where the aircraft will be imported, based and financed. An owner settles those, then reads the Registrar's positions alongside a professional.