# Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Division NCO.OP.142: Destination alternate aerodrome – instrument approach operations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The pilot-in-command of an aircraft must only select an aerodrome as a destination alternate aerodrome if either:
(a)an IAP that does not rely on GNSS is available either at the destination aerodrome or at a destination alternate aerodrome; or
(b)all of the following conditions are met:
(1)the onboard GNSS equipment is SBAS capable;
(2)the destination aerodrome, any destination alternate aerodrome, and the route between them are within SBAS service area;
(3)ABAS is predicted to be available in the event of the unexpected unavailability of SBAS;
(4)an IAP is selected (either at destination or destination alternate aerodrome) that does not rely on the availability of SBAS;
(5)an appropriate contingency action allows the flight to be completed safely in the event of the unavailability of GNSS.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/VII/division/subpart+b/division/ncoop142 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-VII/division-subpart+b/division-ncoop142
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