Isle of Man Aircraft Registry - Safety with Service
The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry (IOMAR) was established on a cost neutral basis in 2007 to support the Business Aviation industry both on the Island and internationally.
- High regulatory standards;
- Award winning, excellent customer service;
- Competitive scheme of charges;
- Secure mortgage register and Cape Town Convention;
- An experienced team of professionals facilitating tailored solutions;
- We have been voted Best Global Aviation Registry in 2019 and 2020 in World Commerce Review awards;
- We are proud of our customer focused service for the registration of high quality private/corporate jets & twin turbine-engine helicopters;
- We are passionate about incrementally raising standards of safety & regulation whilst providing best possible support & excellent customer service to our much valued clients.
See below just how our dedicated Team can best assist you.
Our Registry Services Team is here to assist you with:
- Aircraft Registration
- Changes to Aircraft Details
- Mortgage Services
- Renewals
Our Flight Operations Team is here to assist you with:
- Company Operating Manuals
- Operational Approvals, Permissions and Exemptions
- Carriage of Dangerous Goods
- Aircraft Equipment Requirements
Our Airworthiness Team is here to assist you with:
- Authorisations
- Permit To Fly
- Modification approvals
We take pride in listening to our Operator's needs and taking a pragmatic approach to meet them. This is an example of just one...
ST HELENA AIRPORT
An aircraft on the Isle of Man Aircraft Register recently became one of very few aircraft to have made a stopover at St Helena Airport.
St Helena is a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The island’s airport opened earlier this year but commercial flights are yet to commence and due to challenging wind shear conditions and unusual runway characteristics, the airport is Cat C and requires the approval of the aircraft’s State of Registry.
The operator, airport and the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry worked in collaboration to undertake a detailed review of the local procedures and restrictions and assess the results of recent St Helena flight trials. This resulted in the operator being able to develop robust operational procedures and limitations to be applied in accordance with and in the context of their Safety Management System.
Additional case studies can be found on our dedicated case studies page.
- As a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom (UK), the Isle of Man falls within the UK’s ratification of the Chicago Convention.
- ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices are implemented in the Isle of Man and all information required under ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) is maintained and updated.
- The Isle of Man was audited by ICAO in 2009 as part of the UK USOAP inspection, performing very strongly with results comparable to States with long-established Safety Regulatory systems
The Isle of Man State Safety Programme (SSP) details the Island’s management of civil aviation safety, as required by Annex 19 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention). The SSP includes detail on the Isle of Man’s aviation:
- regulatory system and legislative framework
- safety responsibilities and accountabilities
- safety policy
- accident and incident investigation
- enforcement policy
- safety risk management, assurance and promotion
Facts and Location
- Population - 83,314 (2016 Census);
- Land area - 572 sq.km;
- Location - in the centre of the Irish sea, 50km from Ireland, 50km from United Kingdom;
- Status - an internally self-governing dependent territory of the Crown which is not part of the United Kingdom. However we are part of the British Isles;
- Parliament - Tynwald
Did you know?
- Pilates was developed here by Joseph Pilates;
- More than 100 wallabies are living wild here;
- The landing gear system for all Airbus A320's are manufactured on the IOM;
- Ejection seats used in the Red Arrows aircraft are manufactured here;
- Integral parts for the optics of the Mars Rover "Curiosity" were manufactured on the Island;
- The Manx flag and a sample of earth taken from Tynwald hill has flown on the space shuttle and orbited the Earth on the International Space Station;
- The World Record for the smallest production car is held by the Peel P50 car, manufactured on the IOM;
- The Manx Coat of Arms contains a Latin motto, "Quocunque Jeceris Stabit" which literally tanslates to "Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand".
From the start of national aircraft registrations and until 1929 the nationality prefix 'M' was chosen by Spain. From 1929 the Spanish civil aircraft nationality prefix became 'EC' and 'M' was unused.
Following the Chicago Convention and establishment of ICAO in 1947, ICAO Annex 7 set the display standard and the international prefixes were allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
‘M’ was allocated, with a number of others, to the UK, due to its large number of overseas territories.
‘M’ was offered to the IOMAR by the UK prior to its establishment in 2007.
The first aircraft on the register was M-ELON, a Cessna 525B.
