Applying for a background check in accordance with the Aviation Security Act

Procedure

Please send your application for a background check to:

Behörde für Wirtschaft und Innovation
Aviation Security Authority
Alter Steinweg 4
20459 Hamburg

If you submit an application for a background check, the check will be carried out. If the check is completed successfully and no doubts remain about your reliability, you will receive a clearance certificate.

With this certificate, you may perform security-related activities at the airport, work with air cargo or operate an aircraft as a pilot.

Legal bases

• Luftsicherheitsgesetz
• Luftsicherheits-Zuverlässigkeitsüberprüfungsverordnung

More information

For further information, please contact the Aviation Security Authority Hamburg.