We want Aero Reg to be usable by everyone, including people who rely on screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, or other assistive technology. This statement explains the standard we work to, what we have done so far, the limitations we know about, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.
Our commitment#
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA across the public website and the member area, and to keep the administrative tools fully keyboard-operable. Accessibility is part of how we build and review pages, not an afterthought.
What we have done#
Accessibility is built into the design of the site. In particular:
- Pages use proper landmark structure (
header,nav,main,aside,footer) and a logical heading order, so assistive technology can navigate them. - The site is operable by keyboard alone, with visible focus styles and a sensible focus order.
- Forms have labels that are programmatically linked to their fields, and errors are announced clearly.
- Dense aviation data is presented in real tables with captions, row and column headers, sortable headings that expose their sort state, and proper date markup.
- Expandable detail rows work without JavaScript, using native disclosure controls.
- Light and dark themes are both available, and the site honours your operating-system theme and reduced-motion preferences.
- Icons that convey meaning have accessible names; purely decorative icons are hidden from assistive technology.
Conformance status#
The site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. “Partially conformant” means that most of the site meets the standard, but some content does not yet fully meet every success criterion. We are actively working to close the remaining gaps.
Known limitations#
We are aware of the following areas where the experience may fall short, and they are on our list to improve:
- Very dense data tables
- Some wide registry and change-tracking tables can be demanding to navigate at small viewport sizes or with magnification.
- Administrative tools
- The internal admin interface is keyboard-navigable, but some of its colour contrast and component labelling is still being brought up to AA.
- Data exports
- Files you download (such as CSV exports) are raw data and are not formatted for assistive technology.
- Source registry content
- Some text comes verbatim from the FAA and Transport Canada registers and may use abbreviations or formatting we do not control.
Compatibility#
The site is designed to work with current versions of mainstream browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge) and with the assistive technologies that run on them, including screen readers and browser zoom. It should remain usable with JavaScript disabled for its core reading and lookup tasks, although some enhancements will be unavailable.
Tell us about a problem#
If you come across an accessibility barrier, or you need information from the site in a different format, please tell us — your feedback helps us prioritise fixes.
- Use our contact form and mention “accessibility” in your message.
- Or write to us at privacy@aeroreg.co.uk.
We aim to respond within five working days. Please tell us the page you were on, what you were trying to do, and the assistive technology or browser you were using, so we can reproduce the problem.
How we test#
We review pages against WCAG 2.2 AA as part of building and changing them, combining manual keyboard and screen-reader checks with structured audits of the page markup. Where we change a page, we re-check its semantics, heading order, labelling, and contrast before it ships.
This statement#
This statement applies to the Aero Reg website at aeroreg.co.uk. It was prepared on the date shown above and will be reviewed and updated as the site changes and as we resolve the limitations listed here.