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The Civil Aviation (Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks) Regulations, 2025
14. Location of marks
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
14. Location of marks
(1)A person shall not operate a heavier-than-air aircraft unless the aircraft is marked as follows—(a)an aircraft with fixed wing—(i)the marks shall be located once on the lower surface of the left wing structure of the aircraft unless they extend across the lower surfaces of both of the wings of the aircraft and shall as far as possible, the marks shall be located equidistant from the leading and trailing edges of the wing or wings with the top of the letters, and number, shall be towards the leading edge of the wing;(ii)for an aircraft having more than one set of wings, the mark shall be placed on the lower wing or the lower set of wings, as the case maybe;(iii)the marks shall also appear either on the fuselage, or equivalent structure, of the aircraft or on the vertical tail surface of the aircraft, and shall be on each side of the fuselage or equivalent structure between the wings and the tail surfaces;(iv)the marks on the vertical tail surfaces shall be on each side of the vertical tail surface for aircraft with a single vertical surface, and shall be on each of the out board sides of the outer vertical surfaces of the tail structure for an aircraft with multi-vertical surface structure; and(b)rotorcraft - the marks shall be located horizontally on both the port and starboard sides and on any of the following where it is clearly visible—(ii)on the engine cowling;(iii)on the tank or tanks; and(v)on any other external surface approved by the Authority.(2)Lighter-than-air aircraft—(a)airship— the marks on an airship shall appear either on the hull or on the stabilizer surfaces. Where the marks appear on the hull, they shall be located lengthwise on each side of the hull and also on its upper surface on the line of symmetry. Where the marks appear on the stabilizer surfaces, they shall appear on the horizontal and on the vertical stabilizers; the marks on the horizontal stabilizer shall be located on the right half of the upper surface and on the left half of the lower surface, with the tops of the letters and numbers toward the leading edge; the marks on the vertical stabilizer shall be located on each side of the bottom half stabilizer, with the letters and numbers placed horizontally;(b)spherical balloon other than unmanned free balloons, the marks shall appear in two places diametrically opposite and shall be located near the maximum horizontal circumference of the balloon; and(c)non-spherical balloon other than unmanned free balloons, the marks shall appear on each side and shall be located near the maximum cross section of the balloon immediately above either the rigging band or the points of attachment of the basket suspension cable.(3)All lighter-than-air-aircraft other than unmanned free balloons, the side marks shall be visible both from the sides and from the ground.