1.1 The operator of an aircraft that passes through HKFIR without landing in Hong Kong is under a contractual obligation to pay En-Route Navigation Charges to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“the HKSAR Government”) in accordance with the prevailing Gazette Notice of the HKSAR Government. 

1.2 Where a flight is made by any aircraft not landing in Hong Kong but passing through the airspace under the control of the Civil Aviation Department of the HKSAR Government on any day in a period as mentioned in column 1 of the following table, the charges payable by the operator to the HKSAR Government in respect of that flight are to be calculated at the rate as specified in column 2 of the table to which the date of flight relates.

1.3 For this purpose, the aforesaid ‘date of flight’ is defined to be the Date in Local Time on which the flight exits from the airspace under the control of the Civil Aviation Department of the HKSAR Government. The distance flown shall be computed by reference to standard calculated distances between the reporting points along the route flown. Variation from the route to avoid bad weather or for any other reason will not be taken into account.

1.4 The operator shall pay to the Director, in strict accordance with the Director’s demand for payment of En-Route Navigation Charges. Unless otherwise specified in the Director’s demand, such payment shall be made no later than fourteen days from the date of such demand. Demand notes will be issued twice a month covering service charges provided to the operators from first to fifteenth and sixteenth to thirtieth (or sixteenth to thirty-first) of the month, if any.

1.5 The Director may require an operator with unsatisfactory records in the payment of En-Route Navigation Charges to give to the Civil Aviation Department a banker’s guarantee equivalent to the anticipated charges that the operator shall incur for one month of operations by that operator. The administrative measures, including the criteria of demanding banker’s guarantee from an operator, are set out in the prevailing Aeronautical Information Circular which is openly accessible on the Civil Aviation Department’s website. Without prejudice to other rights and remedies in connection with outstanding amounts, the Director shall have the right to call on the banker’s guarantee the amounts that are not settled within the time limit specified in paragraph 1.4. The Director has the discretion to discharge or release any such banker’s guarantee, without accruing any interest, given by the operator.

3.1 En-Route Navigation Charges are payable in Hong Kong Dollars.

3.2 Payment from overseas should be made by wire transfer or bank draft.

3.3 For payment by wire transfer, the bank account details are as follows:-

3.4 All bank charges or handling fees relevant to the wire transfer shall be wholly and solely borne by the remitter concerned. Please include enough bank charges and tender exact amount in Hong Kong Dollars to avoid any underpayment due to exchange difference and any deduction made by appointed bank in Hong Kong. 

3.5 Please direct any enquiries on the payment of ENCs to .