A no fly zone is in place with The Civil Aviation Authority between 13:00 UTC (14:00 BST) and 22:00 UTC (23:00 BST) on each day beginning with 12 August 2026 and ending on 13 August 2026.
1. The British Fireworks Championships will take place in Plymouth, Devon on the 12 and 13 August 2026. The Secretary of State for Transport has decided that it is necessary on the grounds of safety to introduce Restriction of Flying Regulations under Article239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016.
THESE RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO MANNED AIRCRAFT
2. Subject to paragraph 3, between 1300 hours and 2200 hours on 12 and 13 August 2026 no unmanned aircraft is to fly below 1200 FT AMSL within the area bounded by:
AREA
SFC to 1200 FT AMSL
a 502205N 0040911W then straight line to
b 502207N 0040726W then straight line to
c 502145N 0040651W then straight line to
d 502113N 0040655W then straight line to
e 502112N 0040928W then straight line to
f 502154N 0040928W then straight line to
g 502205N 0040911W
3 Paragraph 2 does not apply to any unmanned aircraft:
a) b) flying with a permission issued by the Plymouth City Council Senior Events Officer; or operated by or on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Police.
4 The times mentioned in this Notice are Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC), which is one hour behind British Summer Time (BST).
5 Details of Restricted Airspace feature in the daily AIS Information Line message 08085-354802 and 01489-887515 and will be included on the Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB) through the AIS Website at http://nats.aero/ais.
6 Further enquiries can be made to Mr Thomas Shainberg, Airspace Regulator, Safety and Airspace Regulation Group, Civil Aviation Authority, via email
