GAR form Support for UK Inbound Flights

UK Border Force and Police Entry Requirements

We added a new option to our Flightplan App which should appeal to those that regularly fly into the United Kingdom. As you are probably well aware, the UK is not part of the Schengen-agreement and requires you to inform the UK Border Force as well as specific UK Police units of your intended flight into the UK.

Filing a GAR “General Aviation Report” is mandatory when flying into the United Kingdom. It is best to also file a so-called outbound GAR form when leaving the UK as it might become mandatory soon. The GAR form must be sent a number of hours prior to flight in order to inform the relevant authorities.

Inbound flights into the UK:

From outside the EU: 24 hours
From within the EU (except Ireland): 4 hours
From Ireland: 12 hours
From Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man: 12 hours
From the Channel Islands: 12 hours

Outbound from the UK:

To destinations outside the EU: 24 hours
To destinations inside the EU: 2 hours (advisory)
To Ireland: 12 hours
To Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man: 12 hours
To the Channel Islands: 12 hours

OnlineGAR.com

We teamed up with OnlineGAR.com to provide a smooth process flying to the UK. However, we also offer the filing of GAR forms from within AeroPlus. Open up an account at www.onlinegar.com, buy some credits from them which allows you to file GAR forms from their system and link your “onlinegar.com” account to AeroPlus as follows:

Go on www.onlinegar.com to the Profile section to see your own profile
Go to the “Integrator Permission” tab and give AeroPlus permission to access your account data
Save the preferences
Now go to the AeroPlus Flightplan app to “User account” settings and got “edit” it and add the e-mail address there in the section “ONLINE GAR” which you used to register your account with “onlinegar.com”.
Save the changes
Add your aircraft and people to your OnlineGAR.com account
Now you are setup and ready to file GAR forms directly from the app