AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES CHARGES

ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT

The entity responsible for air navigation en-route and terminal charges management is:

1. CHARGES FOR APPROACH CONTROL SERVICE

1. This charge pays for the air navigation services provided to ensure the safety of air traffic and orderly flow of movements in this stage of the flight. The charge will be applied in all the airports and air bases open to civil traffic. Approach and take-off operations will be considered as a single service when applying this charge.

2. This charge shall not apply to flights belonging to the following categories:

1. Flights performed by aircraft with a maximum authorised take-off weight which is less than two metric tons according to the aircraft flight manual.

2. Flights performed exclusively for the purpose of transport, on official mission, of reigning Monarchs and their immediate family, heads of State heads of Government and government Ministers, where it is substantiated by the appropriate status indicator or remark on the flight plan that the flight is performed exclusively for that purpose.

3. Search and rescue flights authorised by the appropriate competent body.

4. Customs and Police flights.

5. Spanish Military flights.

6. Non-Spanish Military flights performed by aircraft of a Member State or any third country, having reciprocity agreements.

This charge shall not apply to flights belonging to the following categories:

1. Flights performed by aircraft with an authorized maximum take-off weight of less than 2 TM, as set out in the Aircraft Flight Manual.

2. Flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of Sovereigns, Heads of State and Government, as well as Government Ministers.

3. Search and rescue flights performed under the auspices of a competent body of the Search and Rescue Service.

4. Flights of Spanish military, customs and police aircraft.

5. Flights of military aircraft from countries with which there exist reciprocity agreements.

3. Payment of this charge is compulsory for aircraft operators who carry out approach and departure operations at the Spanish airports. If the identity of the operator is unknown, the owner of the aircraft shall be regarded as the operator unless he provides evidence of the person holding that status. In the same way, in the event that a departing aircraft is chartered by an operator different from the one responsible for the approach, it will be the original one who shall be obliged to pay this charge.

4. The charge may be demanded from the moment an aircraft lands at any of the Spanish airports.

5. The terminal charge amount that can be demanded of a aircraft at an airport, shall be equal to the product of th unit rate established for that airport times the termina service unit of that aircraft.
   To this end and without prejudice to the possibility that part of the cost arising from air navigation services may be charged to other sources of funding, the unit rate shall be calculated by dividing the terminal air navigation services cost expected by the number of terminal service units for the corresponding year.

   The terminal service unit shall be equal to the "weight" factor of the aircraft considered.

   The "weight" factor, expressed as a figure taken to two decimals, shall be the quotient obtained by dividing by 50 the highest maximum take-off weight of the aircraft, expressed in metric tons, applying the exponent 0.7.

   The certified maximum take-off weight of the aircraft, expressed in metric tons, shall be the one set out in the Aircraft Flight Manual. Where the weight factor is unknown, the weight factor shall be calculated by taking the weight of the heaviest aircraft of the same type known to exist. Where an aircraft has multiple certified maximum take-off weights, the highest one shall be used. Whenever there is a modification and, at least, once a year, aircraft operators shall declare the composition of their fleet and the certified maximum take-off weight of each one of their aircraft to the body responsible for the collection of charges.

   The calculation and allocation of costs shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 of 11 February 2019, laying down a performance and charging scheme in the single European sky.

   Also it shall be applied the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627, of 3 November 2020, on exceptional measures for the third reference period (2020-2024) of the single European sky performance and charging scheme due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

   REGULATION (EU) 2024/2803 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 October 2024 on the implementation of the Single European Sky.

   COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/3128 of 16 December 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 as regards new and revised monitoring indicators for the performance and charging scheme in the single European sky.

   Because of the significant, unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation sector, and in particular on the provision of air navigation services, certain rules derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/317 should apply (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627, of 3 November 2020, on exceptional measures for the third reference period (2020-2024) of the single European sky performance and charging scheme due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

6. The unit rate of charge for a charging zone shall be established annually by the Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible. For every airport, taking into account that other financing sources to bear costs for terminal services may be foreseen.

7. The unit rates applicable from the 1st of January 2025 are:

   • Alicante/Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Barcelona/Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote/Cesar Manrique Lanzarote, Madrid/Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Málaga/Costa del Sol, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla, Tenerife Norte/Ciudad de La Laguna, Tenerife Sur and Valencia airports: 25.78 euros.

   • A Coruña, Almería, Asturias, Girona, Granada/Federico García Lorca. Granada-Jaén, Jerez, La Palma, Reus, Santiago/Rosalía de Castro and Vigo airports: 23.20 euros.

   • Badajoz/Talavera La Real, Madrid/Cuatro Vientos, Melilla, Murcia/ Aeropuerto de la Región de Murcia, Pamplona, Sabadell, Salamanca, San Sebastián, Santander/Seve Ballesteros-Santander, Valladolid/Villanubla, Vitoria, Zaragoza and the rest of the airports to which ENAIRE provides terminal air navigation services: 19.33 euros.
     

   Since January 1st 2015, terminal charges are subject to VAT (Value Added Tax) at airports in Continental Spain and IGIC (Canaries General Indirect Tax) at airports in Canary islands.

   This classification may be amended by the Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana based on the traffic borne by the airports.

8. The billing and collection of terminal charges are entrusted to Eurocontrol with regard to flights carried out since the 1st of January 2014.

2. CHARGES FOR ROUTE AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES

3. METHODS OF PAYMENT

ENAIRE has entrusted the billing and collection of air navigation charges (En-Route and Terminal) to Eurocontrol.

The amounts billed shall be payable at Eurocontrol's Headquarters.

To access further information, you can visit the following web address:

http://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/customer-guide-route-charges