The owner of a registered aircraft has to pay an annual registration fee and participation levy. If your aircraft won’t be flown in the future, or you’re exporting it, you can de-register it. You won’t have to pay the fee and levy, invoiced on 1 July every year, if the aircraft is de-registered by 1 July.

Registration fee and participation levy

If you want your aircraft de-registered by 1 July, complete one of the de-registration of aircraft forms below. If the owner is unable to sign (for example, they’re deceased), use the de-registration of aircraft form with statutory declaration. Get the form into us in plenty of time so you can be sure it will be de-registered by 1 July. If de-registration isn’t completed by then, an invoice for the fees will have been generated and you’ll need to pay it. There’s no fee for de-registering an aircraft.

24047/05 De-registration of aircraft [PDF 34 KB]

24047/05A De-registration of aircraft – with statutory declaration [PDF 36 KB]

To ensure prompt attention, email your forms to the aircraft registrar. We'll always confirm it has received your applications.

For more information, email publications@caa.govt.nz for a free copy of the "How to be an aircraft owner [PDF 1.4 MB]" booklet. See our range of Good Aviation Practice booklets.

Send the original certificate of registration and certificate of airworthiness (or flight permit) to:

Aircraft Registrar
Civil Aviation Authority
PO Box 3555
Wellington 6140

Once de-registered, the aircraft’s certificate of airworthiness (or flight permit) is revoked.

IDERA - de-registration under IDERA also uses the deregistration of aircraft form, but it must be completed by the ‘authorised party’.  

To learn more, go to Cape Town Convention.

Ask us about aircraft registration

If you have any questions about this topic, use our contact form, or email aircraftregistrar@caa.govt.nz