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Apply for a call sign for aircraft stations (Aircraft Station License)

Service Description

Aircraft and balloons use aviation and air navigation radio frequencies for communication and navigation. The Federal Network Agency manages the corresponding frequency ranges. If you want to participate in aeronautical and aeronautical navigation radio, you need a call sign for the aeronautical radio station of your aircraft.

The call sign will be issued to you on application in the form of an Aircraft Station License by the Federal Network Agency.

You must submit an application if you become the owner of an aircraft with an aircraft station. An aircraft is, for example, an airplane or a balloon.

If you already have an Aircraft Station License and the following changes occur, you must submit a change application:

  • Changes to the aircraft's radio equipment
  • Changes to your name
  • Changes to the summonable address
  • Changes to the authorized recipient in Germany

Process flow

Online procedure:

  • You can access the form for the selected service via the selected account (federal user account / Elster organization account) of the federal portal.
  • Complete the form online.
  • Upload any additional documents that you need to attach to the application.
  • Submit the application.
  • You will receive the Aircraft Station License and the notification of fees with instructions on legal remedies for download via the inbox of your account after successful verification, if you have selected this option in the application form.
  • Number allocations are subject to a fee; a fee notice for all your allocations will be made available for download at a later date via the federal user account.

By post/by e-mail:

  • On the website of the Federal Network Agency you will find the application forms for call sign allocation for an aircraft. You can use these for new and change applications and for processing a legal succession.
  • Complete the form, print it out and sign it.
  • Attach the required supporting documents to the form.
  • Send your application documents as a scan by e-mail, fax or post to the responsible office at the Federal Network Agency.
  • After successful verification, you or your authorized recipient will receive the Aircraft Station Licence and the fee notice with instructions on how to appeal by post.
  • Number allocations are subject to a fee; a fee notice for all your allocations will be sent by post at a later date.

Requirements

  • You become the owner of an aircraft.
  • You are the owner of an aircraft and your name, your summonable address has changed or you have made changes to the radio equipment.
  • The authorized recipient in Germany has changed.

Which documents are required?

During the application process, you may have to provide proof that your radio equipment is approved or that the radio equipment meets certain technical standards.

What are the fees?

The amount of the fees is calculated in accordance with the special Federal Network Agency Fee Ordinance (BNetzA - BNetzAB-GebV) as amended.

If you have received a frequency assignment to protect interference-free frequency use, you must pay annual fees in addition to the one-off assignment fee. The amount of these fees is determined by the Frequency Protection Contribution Ordinance (FSBei-trV), as amended.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There are no deadlines for you.

Processing duration

4 hours to 6 weeks

Legal basis

Applications / forms

  • Appeal. Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the certificate of allocation or the notification of fees.
  • Administrative complaint

What else should I know?

Existing allocations of call signs issued under the previous frequency allocations for aeronautical radio stations and mobile aeronautical navigation radio stations (frequency allocation certificates) remain valid.

There are no plans to replace the existing certificates with new Aircraft Station Licenses. Certificates issued before 01.01.2019 remain valid internationally as long as you do not make any changes to the aeronautical station.

Further Information

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Technically approved by

Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV)

Professionally released on

14.06.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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