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Division CAT.OP.MPA.247 Meteorological conditions — helicopters

United Kingdom

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In addition to CAT.OP.MPA.245:

  1. (a)

    On VFR flights overwater out of sight of land with helicopters, the commander shall only commence take-off when the appropriate weather reports and/or forecasts indicate that the cloud F1... will be above 600 ft by day or 1 200 ft by night.

  2. (b)

    F2...

  3. (c)

    Flight with helicopters to a helideck or elevated FATO shall only be operated when the mean wind speed at the helideck or elevated FATO is reported to be less than 60 kt.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Annex 4 point CAT.OP.MPA.247(a) omitted (30.10.2025) by virtue of The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1290), regs. 1(3), 7(3)(k)

F2

Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1199 of 22 July 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards operational approval of performance-based navigation, certification and oversight of data services providers and helicopter offshore operations, and correcting that Regulation.