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Old 6th Jun 2009, 09:32
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increasedescent
 
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BUSH PILOT,

I think you have misunderstood the regs. You may proceed by day to an aerodrome without an approach procedure and/or TAF under the IFR, without providing a suitable alternate, if according to the area forecast, you have the 8 km visibility and no more that 4/8ths cloud below LSALT + 500 for the final route segment.

AIP ENR 1.1 - 73.3.2 a. "not more that SCT cloud is forecast below the final route segment LSALT plus 500FT and forecast visibility at the destination aerodrome is not less than 8 km"

AIP 1.10 - 1.2.1 "... For a flight to a destination for which a prescribed instrument approach precedure does not exist, the minimum requirement is an Area Forecast."

(It would be a bit silly if we could not proceed IFR to an aerodrome without an instrument approach and therefore most likely without a TAF) - there are many small aerodromes without IAPs and TAFs serviced by IFR aircraft.

Hope this makes sense.

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