Which document is this? DD Form 2401, official title DD Form 2401, Civil Aircraft Landing Permit, January 2008. What does it do? It exists to Civil Aircraft Landing Permit. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- 1. User. a. Name.
- 1.b. Relationship to parent organization (if any).
- 1.c. Address (street, city, state and zip code).
- 2. Name of airfield(s) to be used.
- 3. Are pilots instrument rated and current? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4. Purpose of use.
- f. Equipment. (1) 2-way radio. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (2) Strobe warning lights. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (3) Transponder. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (4) IFR capabilities. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 5. Aircraft data. a. Manufacture, line 1.
- 5.b. Model.
- 5.c. Registration number.
- 5.d. Capacity. (1) Crew.
- 5.d.(2) Passenger.
- 5.e. Maximum gross takeoff weight (pounds).
- f. (1) 2-way radio. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (2) Strobe warning lights. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (4) IFR capabilities. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- (3) Transponder. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 5.a. Manufacture, line 2.
- 5.b. Model.
- 5.c. Registration number.
- 5.d. (2) Crew capacity.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 65 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
What if DD Form 2401 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2401?
- DD Form 2401, Civil Aircraft Landing Permit, January 2008
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?