Basic VFR Weather Minimums cloud ceiling at least 1,000 feet AGL; and. ground visibility at least 3 statute miles (usually measured by ATC but, if not available, flight visibility at least 3 statute miles as estimated by the pilot).

Ensure that the appropriate Air Traffic Service Unit(s) is advised immediately anytime the flight of the RPA inadvertently enters into controlled airspace. The Pilot must also notify the OM and their supervisor once incident is over.

Basic operations cannot take place within three nautical miles of the centre of an airport or within one nautical mile of the centre of a heliport. An RPAS cannot be flown at an aerodrome in a manner that could interfere with an aircraft operating in the established traffic pattern.

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The landing visibility requirements are ½ mile or 1,800 feet runway visual range (a special visibility monitor). If the pilot cannot see the runway when they descend to 200 feet, then they may not land. Large airports such as ATL, SEA, ORD, JFK and others have Category III equipment available.

Visibility conditions impact aviation operations in many ways. Poor visibility at a destination can reduce capacity of airports leading to ground delays, flight diversions, flight cancellations and extra operating costs just to name a few.

The answer is simple—you had the required flight visibility. “The average forward horizontal distance, from the cockpit of an aircraft in flight, at which prominent unlighted objects may be seen and identified by day and prominent lighted objects may be seen and identified by night.”

Introduction. Visibility is a practical index for air quality, as most people directly judge air pollution according to visibility. However, visibility is influenced by many factors, such as meteorological conditions, concentrations of gas pollutants, and airborne particles.

The visibility from air to ground as seen by aircraft while approaching the airfield. It may be more or less than the horizontal visibility as observed from the ground.

A subjective or instrumental evaluation of the vertical distance into a surface- based obscuration that an observer is able to see. The height ascribed to vertical visibility is always a ceiling height.

Definition of ceiling Ceiling at your intended destination may be defined as the lowest broken or overcast cloud layer. If the sky is totally obscured, height of vertical visibility is used as the ceiling.

9999. This value represents a visibility greater than 9000. meters (7 SM or more). The contraction CAVOK (ceiling and visibility OK) may be used when there is no significant weather, the visibility is 10 km or greater, and the ceilings are greater than 5,000 ft.

Cloud layers, of whatever type, are always given with altitude of the bottom of the layer, measured in feet AGL. The last two cases, broken and overcast, describe a cloud layer that may not be penetrated in VFR flight. The bottom of such a layer constitutes a ceiling for VFR flight.

Haze is a fact of VFR summer flying. I’ve filed IFR more often to fly through haze than precip and clouds. Reported visibility is ground vis, which may or may not be the same as in-flight visibility (in haze it always seems less).

Can Planes Land in Fog? Planes can land when the visibility is as low as 75 metres. For the vast majority of commercial flights, the pilot disconnects the autopilot when on final approach (typically between 1,000 and 500ft) and lands the aircraft manually.

Why does fog cause flight delays and cancellations? “When fog forms over the runway it tends to be lower than 200 feet and reduces the visibility to the point that basically the pilots can’t see to land.” It’s the low visibility on the ground that poses the biggest problem for aircraft in foggy conditions.

Flying in fog is quite challenging, even for the most experienced of pilots. For pilots that are not as skilled, fog is an extremely dangerous and potentially deadly hazard. Each year, around 440 people are killed due to weather-related aviation accidents including the conditions of low visibilities and ceilings.

If there’s fog (or low stratus clouds that don’t touch the ground, as is typical), that can’t happen; you can’t send jets blindly into a cloud 750 feet apart from each other.

The answer is ” yes” in the majority of cases, though there are some finer points to consider: Heavy rain can impair pilot visibility. “Flameouts” can occur, require pilots to re-ignite engines. High-altitude rain can freeze and cause a plane to “stall”

When weather delays a flight, it’s easy to feel as if you’re at the mercy of your airline. Yes, you can ask for and receive a full refund on your ticket. Airlines must obey a regulation called EU 261, which allows it to cancel a flight because of “adverse weather conditions” without compensating passengers.

Some problems, like bad weather, air traffic delays, and mechanical issues, are hard to predict and often beyond the airlines’ control. In the United States, airlines are not required to compensate passengers when flights are delayed or cancelled.

If you’ve been informed of your schedule change or rebooking 14 days or more before your departure date, you are, unfortunately, not entitled to claim compensation.

You’re entitled to get compensation if the flight arrives more than 3 hours late and it’s the airline’s fault – for example, if they didn’t get enough bookings or there was a technical fault.

Seven to 14 days’ notice If your new flight departs no more than two hours before the scheduled time of your original flight AND your new flight arrives less than four hours after the scheduled time of your original flight, you are not entitled to financial compensation.

Send your claim to the airline’s customer relations department. You can escalate your complaint if you don’t get the result you hoped for.