Aerial patrol | A flight to carry out aerial patrols (e.g. pipeline controls, police patrols) |
Agricultural | A flight to service agricultural needs (e.g. crop spraying etc.). This includes flights to and from the spray area. |
Ambulance | Air ambulance flights and Helicopter Emergency Medical Service |
Banner and Glider Towing | Flights to carry out aerial advertising (e.g. banner towing) or to tow another aircraft (e.g. glider towing) |
Calibration/Inspection | |
Cargo | Cargo includes freight, unaccompanied baggage and mail. |
Demonstration | Display flying, aircraft demonstration, air races |
External load operation (Construction, Logging) | A (helicopter) flight to assist in construction work, carrying sling loads or logging activities |
Executive | Flight to carry company personnel. Includes corporate operations. |
Ferry/positioning | A positioning flight not related to revenue operations |
Fire fighting | A flight to carry out fire fighting activities (e.g. spotting, water bombing etc.). This includes flights to and from the fire area |
Illegal Flight | Any illegal operation (aircraft stolen, unauthorized flight, illegal flight) |
Military | All flights carried out by military operators |
None | When aircraft is not on use at the time of the event |
Offshore operations | Helicopter operations to/from offshore installations (oil rigs, ships etc.) |
Parachuting | A flight to carry parachutists. |
Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/air taxi | Charter flights and on-demand, non-scheduled flights |
Passenger - Scheduled | A scheduled flight carrying one or more revenue passengers. |
Passenger | To be used when it is not certain if the flight was scheduled or not |
Private | Private flying operations for no specific purpose. |
Survey | A flight to carry out aerial surveys or aerial photography |
Test | Flights for the purpose of testing aircraft (e.g. after maintenance, to obtain type certificates etc.) |
Training | Flights for the specific purpose of flight training and check |