SERA.5001
VMC visibility and distance from cloud minima
Regulation (EU) 2016/1185
VMC visibility and distance from cloud minima are contained in Table S5-1.
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Table S5-1 (*) |
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Altitude band |
Airspace class |
Flight
visibility |
Distance from
cloud |
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At and above 3 050 m (10 000 ft) AMSL |
A (**) B C D E F G |
8 km |
1 500 m horizontally 300 m (1 000 ft) vertically |
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Below 3 050 m (10 000 ft) AMSL and above 900 m (3 000 ft) AMSL, or above 300 m (1 000 ft) above terrain, whichever is the higher |
A (**) B C D E F G |
5 km |
1500 m horizontally 300 m (1 000 ft) vertically |
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At and below 900 m (3 000 ft) AMSL, or 300 m (1 000 ft) above terrain, whichever is the higher |
A (**) B C D E |
5 km |
1500 m horizontally 300 m (1 000 ft) vertically |
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F G |
5 km (***) |
Clear of cloud and with the surface in sight |
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(*) When the height of the transition altitude is lower than
3 050 m (10 000 ft) AMSL, FL 100 shall be used in lieu of
10 000 ft.
(**) The VMC minima in Class A airspace are included for
guidance to pilots and do not imply acceptance of VFR flights in Class A
airspace.
(***) When so prescribed by the competent authority:
(a) flight
visibilities reduced to not less than 1 500 m may be permitted for
flights operating:
(1) at
speeds of 140 kts IAS or less to give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic
or any obstacles in time to avoid collision; or
(2) in
circumstances in which the probability of encounters with other traffic would
normally be low, e.g. in areas of low volume traffic and for aerial work at
low levels;
(b) helicopters
may be permitted to operate in less than 1 500 m but not less than 800 m
flight visibility, if manoeuvred at a speed that will give adequate
opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid
collision.
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