# The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016, Article 9: Amendment to the Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015


For Part 10 substitute —
“PART 10
Aerodrome Operating Minima
Commercial Air Transport, Aerial Work and Large Aircraft
57. (1) This article applies to an aircraft—
(a) registered in the Isle of Man and which has a maximum total mass authorised exceeding 5,700kg;
(b) registered in the Isle of Man and which is equipped with one or more turbojet engines;
(c) registered in the Isle of Man and which has a maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 9 seats, or
(d) registered elsewhere and which is being operated in the Isle of Man for commercial air transport.
(2) The operator of an aircraft must not permit the aircraft to fly in or over the Isle of Man unless the operator has made available to its flight crew aerodrome operating minima that comply with paragraph (3) in respect of each aerodrome at or from which it is intended the aircraft should land or take off and each alternate aerodrome at or from which the aircraft may be required to land at or take off.
(3) The aerodrome operating minima to be provided in accordance with paragraph (2) must be no less restrictive than—
(a) minima calculated in accordance with the notified method for calculating aerodrome operating minima; or
(b) minima that comply with the law of the jurisdiction in which the aircraft is registered,
being whichever minima are the more restrictive.
(4) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not—
(a) conduct a Category II, Category IIIA or Category IIIB approach or landing; or
(b) take off when the relevant runway visual range is less than 400 metres,
except in accordance with the terms of any approval to do so granted under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered.
(5) In the case of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man, the approval referred to in paragraph (4) must be an approval which has been issued by the Department.
(6) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not cause the aircraft to take off from or to land at an aerodrome in the Isle of Man in contravention of the specified aerodrome operating minima.
(7) Without prejudice to paragraphs (4) and (6), the pilot in command of an aircraft when causing the aircraft to descend at an aerodrome to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach, must not cause the aircraft to descend from a height of 1,000 feet or more above the aerodrome to a height of less than 1,000 feet above the aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range for that runway is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing.
(8) Without prejudice to paragraphs (4) and (6), the pilot in command of an aircraft, when causing the aircraft to descend to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach, must not—
(a) continue an approach to landing on the runway by flying below the relevant specified decision height; or
(b) cause the aircraft to descend below the relevant specified minimum descent height,
unless, in either case, the specified visual reference for landing is established and maintained from that height.
(9) The pilot in command of an aircraft must select a take-off alternate aerodrome and specify it in the flight plan if—
(a) the meteorological conditions at the aerodrome of intended departure are below the applicable aerodrome landing minima for that operation; or
(b) it would not be possible to return to that aerodrome for any other reason.
(10) The pilot in command of an aircraft must select the take-off alternate aerodrome so that any available information indicates that at the estimated time of use the conditions will be at or above the applicable aerodrome operating minima for that use and be located—
(a) in the case of an aircraft with two engines – within one hour of flight time at a one-engine inoperative cruising speed, determined from the aircraft operating manual, calculated in international standard atmospheres and still air conditions using the actual take-off mass; or
(b) in the case of an aircraft with three or more engines – within two hours of flight time at an all engines operating cruising speed, determined from the aircraft operating manual, calculated in international standard atmospheres and still air conditions using the actual take-off mass.
(11) If, according to any available information, an aircraft would be required by rule 18(1), 19(1) or 20 of the Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 as applied to the Isle of Man by the Civil Aviation (Subordinate Legislation) (Application) Order 2008 to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules at the aerodrome of intended landing, the pilot in command of the aircraft must select an alternate aerodrome before take-off unless no aerodrome suitable for that purpose is available.
(12) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not commence a flight to be conducted in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules to an aerodrome where no suitable alternate aerodrome is available unless—
(a) a designated instrument approach procedure is available for the aerodrome of intended landing; and
(b) available current meteorological information indicates that visual meteorological conditions will exist at the aerodrome of intended landing from two hours before to two hours after the estimated time of arrival.
(13) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not continue a flight towards the aerodrome of intended landing unless the latest available information indicates that conditions at the aerodrome, or at least one alternate aerodrome, will, at the estimated time of arrival, be at or above the specified aerodrome operating minima.
(14) In this article—
“aircraft” means an aircraft to which this article applies;
“specified”, in respect of an aerodrome operating minima, means such detailed information about an aerodrome’s operating minima as have been notified for the aerodrome or, if the relevant minima have not been notified, such minima as are ascertainable by reference to the notified method for calculating an aerodrome’s operating minima;
“designated”, in respect of an instrument approach procedure, means notified, prescribed or otherwise designated by the relevant competent authority.
Certain Other Aircraft
58. (1) This article applies to an aircraft to which article 57 does not apply—
(a) that is registered in the Isle of Man; or
(b) that is being operated in the Isle of Man.
(2) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not —
(a) conduct a Category II, Category IIIA or Category IIIB approach or landing, or
(b) take off when the relevant runway visual range is less than 400 metres,
except in accordance with the terms of any approval to do so granted under the law of the jurisdiction in which the aircraft is registered.
(3) In the case of an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man, the approval referred to in paragraph (2) must be an approval which has been issued by the Department.
(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the pilot in command of an aircraft when making a descent at an aerodrome to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach procedure must not cause the aircraft to descend from a height of 1,000 feet or more above the aerodrome to a height less than 1,000 feet above the aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range for that runway is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing.
(5) Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the pilot in command of an aircraft when making a descent at an aerodrome to a runway for which there is a notified instrument approach procedure must not—
(a) continue an approach to landing on the runway by flying below the relevant specified decision height, or
(b) descend below the relevant specified minimum descent height,
unless in either case the specified visual reference for landing is established and maintained from that height.
(6) If, according to any available information, an aircraft would be required by rule 18(1), 19(1) or 20 of the Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 as applied to the Isle of Man by the Civil Aviation (Subordinate Legislation) (Application) Order 2008 to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules at the aerodrome of intended landing, the pilot in command of the aircraft must select an alternate aerodrome before take-off unless no aerodrome suitable for that purpose is available.
(7) In this article—
“aircraft” means an aircraft to which this article applies;
“specified”, in respect of an aerodrome operating minima, means such detailed information about an aerodrome’s operating minima as have been notified for the aerodrome or, if the relevant minima have not been notified, such minima as are ascertainable by reference to the notified method for calculating an aerodrome’s operating minima.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/155/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-amendment-order-2016/article-9
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