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title: "Airspace observer — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "Article 2, Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945: ‘airspace observer’ means a person who assists the remote pilot by performing unaided visual scanning…"
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# airspace observer

EASA defines “airspace observer” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘airspace observer’ means a person who assists the remote pilot by performing unaided visual scanning of the airspace in which the unmanned aircraft is operating for any potential hazard in the air;

Article 2 · Unmanned Aircraft Systems · Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 · Easy Access Rules, 29 Jun 2026 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/uas/cover-regulation-to-implementing-regulation-eu/powers-and-recitals#article-2)

## Defined in the same article

- [assemblies of people](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/assemblies-of-people)
- [autonomous operation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/autonomous-operation)
- [beyond visual line of sight operation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operation)
- [C2 link](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/c2-link)
- [contingency area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/contingency-area)
- [contingency volume](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/contingency-volume)
- [control and monitoring unit (CMU)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/control-and-monitoring-unit)
- [controlled ground area](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/controlled-ground-area)