Landing permits are needed for all aircraft traveling to China, and the official permit lead time is three business days. This gives the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) the time needed to review your information and communicate with your local sponsor. Note that all GA permits are categorized as business flights, and not as private non-revenue or charter (non-scheduled commercial) flights. Once CAAC approves a permit, its only valid for the times given on the schedule. Any change to the schedule, crew, passengers, and aircraft tail number is considered a revision. Our experience has been that crew and/or passenger changes are viewed as "minor" revisions and may not be considered part of the two-revision limit. Schedule changes, on the other hand, seem to be considered "major" revisions. Its always best, when possible, to adhere to your permit approvals without changes.

When applying for Chinese landing permits, youll need to provide CAAC your schedule, registration, airworthiness certificates, and sponsor information. For larger GA aircraft, such as Airbus and Boeing equipment, youll also need to submit a floor plan and seating layout to indicate that this is a business aircraft, as opposed to a commercial-use aircraft. So long as the larger aircraft is configured for business aviation, with fewer than 29 passenger seats, permit processing times and procedures will be the same as for smaller business aviation aircraft.

An application:

• foreign air operators and business license application for pre-flight planning application be made, it should be the Secretary of the International Civil Aviation Administration put forward a copy to the Civil Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Operations Center;
• And business aviation operators to apply for permission to apply for pre-flight planning be made (b) Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, should CAAC Secretary proposed and domestic air transport at the Civil Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Operations Center CC;
• the Chinese aviation operators flying in the same area of flight control overtime and occasional pre-flight flight plan to the flight control zone flight control location to apply for civil aviation regional Air Traffic Control service units, flying within the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Bureau and an application to the Department of Xinjiang Air Traffic Control ATC;
• the Chinese aviation operators flying in the same area of the Board in advance of scheduled flight plan, work units apply to the regional Air Traffic Control;
• the following aircraft pre-flight plan shall be submitted to the country's foreign competent authority:
  • Foreign national leaders or important foreign guests aboard the plane, chartered;
  • Foreign military, customs and police aircraft used;
  • Foreign shoulder border aerial, scientific investigation or search and rescue mission aircraft;
  • Other foreign aircraft in addition to the outside of aircraft and helicopters;
  • Carrying weapons and ammunition, military supplies and foreign civil aircraft reconnaissance or electronic jamming equipment and other special items;
  • Others need to apply for a foreign aircraft flight plan in advance through diplomatic channels.
• In addition to the (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) other than the pre-flight plan to the Civil Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Center application is running.

Department: Civil Aviation Administration Air Traffic Operations Management Center
Address: East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing on the 12th
Zip Code: 100022
Tel: 010-87786588 (scheduled domestic airlines overtime and charter flights)
010-64012907 (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and foreign airlines overtime and charter flights)
Fax: 010-87786580 (scheduled flights, charter flights and domestic airlines overtime)
010-65135983 (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and foreign airlines overtime and charter flights)
Send and receive telegrams AFTN address: ZBBBCKXX / ZBBBZGZX
Send and receive telegrams SITA address: BJSCKCA / BJSZGCA / BJSCJCA
E-mail: sked@atmb.net.cn

Work units:
Unit Name Address Postcode Telephone Fax receive telegram received AFTN address aviation North China Air Traffic Operations Center Beijing Capital Airport 100621 010-64597385 010-64597774 ZBAACKXX

CAAC East China Air Traffic Control ATC at Shanghai Hongqiao Road 2550 200335 021-51125126 021-68688685 ZSSSCKXX

South Africa Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control ATC at Guangzhou Airport Road South East 510403 020-86122378 020-86130286 ZGGGCKXX cloud

Southwest Aviation Air Traffic Control Operations Center Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport 610202 028-85703731 028-85706090 ZUUUCKXX

Northwest Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Operations Center in Xi'an labor Road (west off the floor) 710082 029-88798262 029-88798285 ZLXYCKXX

Aviation Northeast Air Traffic Control ATC at Dadong xiaoheyan Road 3 110043 024-88293057 024-88293057 ZYYYCKXX

ATC Air Traffic Control Department of Civil Aviation Xinjiang Urumqi Welcome Road No. 46 831106 0991-3801317 0991-3807425 ZWWWCKXX

Landing permits are needed for all aircraft traveling to China, and the official permit lead time is three business days.

• Aircraft flight performance and airborne equipment shall meet the requirements of the planned flight route and airport air traffic services;
• To take off or land at the airport in China's pre-flight planning, should be coordinated to slot the airport in accordance with the relevant provisions of flight time management;
• Foreign and Chinese Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions aviation operators not yet open to foreign route, routes, airspace or airports flight shall obtain prior approval of the Civil Aviation Administration of special;
• The Chinese aviation operators flying in one of the following circumstances, the implementation shall obtain prior approval of the Civil Aviation Administration's special:
  • The use of foreign or Chinese Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of aircraft;
  • By foreigners and stateless persons or China Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents as flight crew members.

Second, the former aviation operators conduct civil aviation activities, should obtain the appropriate license to operate and run the certification certificate in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Civil Aviation Administration.

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Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
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Its important to be mindful that no more than two permit revisions are allowed for each permit request. CAAC will try to accommodate original equipment manufacturer permit revisions during ABACE for flight demo purposes, etc. but authorities will still require you to adhere to a maximum of two revisions. If your schedule demands more than two permit revisions, you will have to submit a new permit request.

• Aircraft owners, operators and contact information
• The aircraft type, typed
• The landing site, landing time (GMT), schedule
• The nature of flight;
• Planned start and end dates (GMT)
• Other matters to be noted

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The landing permit enables visitors to stay in the offshore counties for up to 15 days.

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