EU-Ops 1 AOM
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An operator shall only select the destination aerodrome when appropriate weather reports or forecasts or any combination thereof indicate that, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be at or above the applicable landing minimum as follows:
- RVR/VIS
- ceiling at or above MDH for non-precision or circling approaches
or two destination alternate aerodromes are selected if the weather conditions are below the applicable planning minimums.
An operator shall only select an aerodrome as a take-off alternate aerodrome when appropriate weather reports or forecasts or any combination thereof indicate that, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be at or above the applicable landing minimum. The ceiling must be taken into account when only non-precision or circling approaches are available. Any limitation related to one-engine-inoperative operations must be taken into account.
An operator shall only select the destination aerodrome when appropriate weather reports or forecasts or any combination thereof indicate that, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be at or above the applicable landing minimum as follows:
- RVR/VIS
- ceiling at or above MDH for non-precision or circling approaches
or two destination alternate aerodromes are selected if the weather conditions are below the applicable planning minimums.An operator shall only select an aerodrome as:
- destination alternate aerodrome,
- isolated aerodrome
- enroute alternate aerodrome (ERA)
- 3% ERA (an ERA selected for the purpose of reducing contingency fuel to 3%)
when appropriate weather reports or forecasts or any combination thereof indicate that, during a period commencing one hour before and ending one hour after the estimated time of arrival, the weather conditions will be at or above the planning minimums as in Table 17 below.
Type of approach
Planning Minimums
CAT II and III
CAT I
(1)
CAT I
Non-precision
(1)(2)
Non-precision
Non-precision
(1)(2)
Circling
Circling
Notes:
(1)
RVR.
(2)
The ceiling must be at or above the MDH.