CAAS Assessment Criteria for Cross-Border Permits

In plain language

To get a cross-border permit, you must submit detailed flight plans, GPS coordinates, safety mitigation plans, and approvals from both Singaporean and foreign agencies for CAAS to assess.

Requirement as structured

CAAS requires applicants to provide detailed flight paths, agency approvals, operating times, GPS coordinates, and mitigation measures for assessment before a cross-border permit can be granted.

Original regulatory text

CAAS may grant a cross-border permit after the satisfactory assessment of the specific aspects of the activity, such as: (a) The flight path where the UA is intended to be operated and if payload would be carried as part of the flight; (b) Approval and positive coordination with the relevant agencies (foreign and domestic) (c) The date(s)/time(s) during which the operation(s) will be conducted at the location(s); (d) The operating altitude and exact GPS coordinates for the entire duration of flight; (e) Mitigation measures proposed by the operator to address site-specific circumstances such as nearby buildings/obstacles, crowds, visibility etc. at the time of operations in and outside of Singapore; and (f) Activity applied for is within the capability of the operator as approved in the UA OP and the UA type is listed within the UA Operator permit.