United States
The FAA's powered-lift rule, SFAR 120 in 14 CFR Part 194, covers pilot certification and operations for a new aircraft category. It is not an aircraft type certificate. The FAA's public FAQ also defines powered-lift, advanced air mobility and vertiports.
Open United States →European Union
EASA's Special Condition for VTOL sets airworthiness objectives for a type certificate for small person-carrying VTOL aircraft. The special condition is the certification basis. Means of compliance explain how an applicant can show it meets those objectives. Neither document is itself an issued type certificate.
Open European Union →United Kingdom
The UK CAA has adopted EASA's Special Condition VTOL as the basis for type certification of piloted VTOL aircraft. A design organisation approval lets an applicant do design work. It is not a type certificate. A permit to fly is not a type certificate either.
Open United Kingdom →China
For the EH216-S, EHang describes four CAAC approvals that are not interchangeable: a type certificate, a standard airworthiness certificate, a production certificate, and air operator certificates. Only the type certificate approves the design.
Open China →United Arab Emirates
Archer says the GCAA was established in 1996 as the UAE's civil aviation regulator. In May 2026 the GCAA moved Archer's Midnight into a restricted type certificate program. Entering that program is not the same as holding an issued type certificate.
Open United Arab Emirates →Japan
JCAB Circular No. 1-031, dated March 22, 2024, sets special conditions for type-certification examinations of certain electric VTOL aircraft. The circular is a certification policy. It is not a type certificate for any vehicle on this site.
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