Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargoSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Two : Dispatch and flight release rules135.07.19 Aerodrome operating minima |
| (1) | An air service operator shall establish aerodrome operating minima in accordance with the provisions of subregulations (2), (3) and (4) in a manner approved by the Director. |
| (2) | The operator shall establish aerodrome operating minima for each aerodrome planned to be used, which shall not be lower than the values prescribed in technical standard 91.07.5 of Document SA-CATS 91, except as provided in regulation 135.07.28. |
[Regulation 135.07.19(2) substituted by regulation 17(i) of Notice No. R. 1349, GG 40376, dated 28 October 2016 (Fourteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2016)]
| (3) | The operator shall ensure that all instrument approaches and departures are conducted in accordance with the procedures approved for such operator in its operations specifications. |
| (4) | Where an operator is operating at an aerodrome other than a South African aerodrome, the aerodrome operating minima established by the operator may be lower than the minima established by the appropriate authority of the State in which such aerodrome is located: Provided that— |
| (a) | the State in which such aerodrome is located approves the lower operating minima; and |
| (b) | the operator has been authorised in its operations specifications to operate to such lower minima. |