Apply for pre-registration in the aircraft register

To obtain an advance entry in the aircraft register, please proceed as follows:

• Go to the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and complete the online application.
• You can upload your documents directly.
• After processing by the authority, you will receive a decision, further result documents and a fee notice.
• Once you have paid the fees, you can retrieve the notification that the aircraft is registered in the aircraft register.

• The aircraft for which an advance registration is to be applied for must not be registered in another foreign state aircraft register.
• You must be the owner of the aircraft.
• Prior registration is possible if you as the owner
  • are a natural person with German citizenship or citizenship of an EU member state or
  • are a citizen of a country in which European Union aviation law applies.
• Owners can also be legal entities and companies under commercial law with their registered office in Germany, where
  • the majority of the assets or capital as well as the actual control thereof is held by German nationals or nationals of an EU Member State
  • and the majority of the authorized representatives or personally liable persons are German nationals or nationals of an EU member state.
• Nationals of EU Member States are treated in the same way as German nationals.
• Owners can also be natural persons or legal entities from a third country, provided that they have a contract of ownership with a citizen or legal entity of the EU for at least 6 months.
• You can also submit the application as a representative for the owner.

Documents that are required:

• Proof of ownership
• Proof of nationality of the owner and of the owners in the case of communities of owners

Documents required for private individuals, sole proprietors or organizations that do not have their place of residence or registered office in Germany:

• Authorization to serve and receive documents

Documents required for the representation of private individuals or sole proprietors or sole traders or the application or representation of companies, associations, GbRs:

• Proof of authorization to represent your organization

Documents required for registration as a sole proprietor:

• Extract from the commercial register or trade license

Documents required for companies:

• Extract from the commercial register and, if applicable, a certified translation of the extract from the commercial register into English or German
• Declaration signed by the company's authorized representative bodies

Documents required for an association with legal capacity:

• Extract from the register of associations and, if applicable, a certified translation of the extract from the register of associations into English or German

Documents required for a civil law partnership (GbR) with small commercial activities

• Partnership agreement
• Business registration of all partners

Documents required for a community of owners:

• Consent of the owners and/or owners

Documents that you can upload (if possible):

• Evidence proving the reason for the prior registration

Please refer to the application form to find out which documents are required in your case.

There is no deadline.

• § Section 14 (1) sentence 2 of the Air Traffic Licensing Regulations (LuftVZO)
• § Section 8 Air Traffic Licensing Regulations (LuftVZO)
• § Section 64 Air Traffic Act (LuftVG)

• Contradiction

16.08.2022