GACA · Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia overflight and landing permits.
Saudi Arabia has the longest permit lead time of any country we file in. On a Kingdom trip the permit is not a step in the planning, it is the thing the planning waits for, so we start it before anything else.
AUTHORITY
GACA
General Authority of Civil Aviation
LEAD TIME
Plan on several working days and treat anything faster as luck. Short-notice approvals do happen and we will always try, but no schedule should depend on one.
How this compares to the other jurisdictions →What GACA asks for
The document pack
- 01Full aircraft documents including airworthiness, registration and insurance.
- 02Operator air operator certificate for commercial flights.
- 03Complete crew and passenger manifest with passport details and nationalities.
- 04Purpose of visit, which GACA reads carefully rather than as a formality.
- 05Confirmed handling and, for a landing permit, confirmed parking.
WHAT CATCHES PEOPLE OUT
Changes are not amendments. Move the date, the route or the passenger list materially and the application is often assessed again from the start, which spends the lead time twice. Firm the itinerary before we file rather than after.
We file it, not you
Send the route and the tail number. We work out which permits it needs, file each one, and track it to a permit number rather than a submission receipt.
How the permit service works →On the ground
Airports in Saudi Arabia
Other jurisdictions
Permits we file most often
Get moving
Tell us about the trip.
Urgent movements go to the phone or WhatsApp. Everything else, send it here and a coordinator picks it up.