As you may be aware, we had been in the process of seeking a broad range of stakeholders’ views on the way in which Southampton Airport should progress its part of a UK-wide initiative to modernise the country’s airspace, known as the Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS). This process is known as an Airspace Change Proposal (ACP). However, given the outbreak of COVID-19, Southampton Airport took the decision in 2020 to postpone this work.
During 2022, Southampton Airport was able to recommence its ACP. Since this time, we have engaged with our existing stakeholders, in addition to any new relevant stakeholders. We have held a number of online and in person workshops and received feedback from a wide range of stakeholder groups.
We were advised by the CAA in February 2023 that we had successfully passed the Stage 2 gateway. We have now commenced work on Stage 3 and are preparing for a full public consultation on our Comprehensive List of Options. A key element of the public consultation is that it takes place when proposals are at a formative stage, so that feedback has the potential to affect the proposals. As such, Southampton Airport is not expecting the public consultation to take until late 2026 at the earliest and will provide updates on this process in advance here.
Airspace Change Programme
You can view the latest status of the project here on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) website along with all supporting documents. Our Airspace Change Proposal follows the CAA’s CAP1616 guidelines. Read the CAP1616 guidelines.
If you would like to register your interest in the project please provide your contact details below.