861
Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
Pt. 91, App. G
Section 4. RVSM Operations
(a) Each person requesting a clearance to
operate within RVSM airspace shall cor-
rectly annotate the flight plan filed with air
traffic control with the status of the oper-
ator and aircraft with regard to RVSM ap-
proval. Each operator shall verify RVSM ap-
plicability for the flight planned route
through the appropriate flight planning in-
formation sources.
(b) No person may show, on the flight plan
filed with air traffic control, an operator or
aircraft as approved for RVSM operations, or
operate on a route or in an area where RVSM
approval is required, unless:
(1) The operator is authorized by the Ad-
ministrator to perform such operations; and
(2) The aircraft has been approved and
complies with the requirements of Section 2
of this appendix.
Section 5. Deviation Authority Approval
The Administrator may authorize an air-
craft operator to deviate from the require-
ments of § 91.180 or § 91.706 for a specific flight
in RVSM airspace if that operator has not
been approved in accordance with section 3
of this appendix if:
(a) The operator submits a request in a
time and manner acceptable to the Adminis-
trator; and
(b) At the time of filing the flight plan for
that flight, ATC determines that the aircraft
may be provided appropriate separation and
that the flight will not interfere with, or im-
pose a burden on, the operations of operators
who have been approved for RVSM oper-
ations in accordance with Section 3 of this
appendix.
Section 6. Reporting Altitude-Keeping Errors
Each operator shall report to the Adminis-
trator each event in which the operator’s
aircraft has exhibited the following altitude-
keeping performance:
(a) Total vertical error of 300 feet or more;
(b) Altimetry system error of 245 feet or
more; or
(c) Assigned altitude deviation of 300 feet
or more.
Section 7. Removal or Amendment of Authority
The Administrator may amend operations
specifications or management specifications
issued under subpart K of this part to revoke
or restrict an RVSM authorization, or may
revoke or restrict an RVSM letter of author-
ization, if the Administrator determines that
the operator is not complying, or is unable
to comply, with this appendix or subpart H
of this part. Examples of reasons for amend-
ment, revocation, ore restriction include,
but are not limited to, an operator’s:
(a) Committing one or more altitude-keep-
ing errors in RVSM airspace;
(b) Failing to make an effective and timely
response to identify and correct an altitude-
keeping error; or
(c) Failing to report an altitude-keeping
error.
Section 8. Airspace Designation
(a)
RVSM in the North Atlantic.
(1) RVSM
may be applied in the NAT in the following
ICAO Flight Information Regions (FIRs):
New York Oceanic, Gander Oceanic,
Sondrestrom FIR, Reykjavik Oceanic,
Shanwick Oceanic, and Santa Maria Oceanic.
(2) RVSM may be effective in the High
Level Airspace (HLA) within the NAT. The
HLA within the NAT is defined by the vol-
ume of airspace between FL 285 and FL 420
(inclusive) extending between latitude 27 de-
grees north and the North Pole, bounded in
the east by the eastern boundaries of control
areas Santa Maria Oceanic, Shanwick Oce-
anic, and Reykjavik Oceanic and in the west
by the western boundaries of control areas
Reykjavik Oceanic, Gander Oceanic, and
New York Oceanic, excluding the areas west
of 60 degrees west and south of 38 degrees 30
minutes north.
(b)
RVSM in the Pacific.
(1) RVSM may be
applied in the Pacific in the following ICAO
Flight Information Regions (FIRs): Anchor-
age Arctic, Anchorage Continental, Anchor-
age Oceanic, Auckland Oceanic, Brisbane,
Edmonton, Honiara, Los Angeles, Melbourne,
Nadi, Naha, Nauru, New Zealand, Oakland,
Oakland Oceanic, Port Moresby, Seattle, Ta-
hiti, Tokyo, Ujung Pandang and Vancouver.
(c)
RVSM in the West Atlantic Route System
(WATRS).
RVSM may be applied in the New
York FIR portion of the West Atlantic Route
System (WATRS). The area is defined as be-
ginning at a point 38
°
30
′
N/60
°
00
′
W direct to
38
°
30
′
N/69
°
15
′
W direct to 38
°
20
′
N/69
°
57
′
W di-
rect to 37
°
31
′
N/71
°
41
′
W direct to 37
°
13
′
N/72
°
40
′
W direct to 35
°
05
′
N/72
°
40
′
W direct to 34
°
54
′
N/
72
°
57
′
W direct to 34
°
29
′
N/73
°
34
′
W direct to
34
°
33
′
N/73
°
41
′
W direct to 34
°
19
′
N/74
°
02
′
W di-
rect to 34
°
14
′
N/73
°
57
′
W direct to 32
°
12
′
N/76
°
49
′
W direct to 32
°
20
′
N/77
°
00
′
W direct to 28
°
08
′
N/
77
°
00
′
W direct to 27
°
50
′
N/76
°
32
′
W direct to
27
°
50
′
N/74
°
50
′
W direct to 25
°
00
′
N/73
°
21
′
W di-
rect to 25
°
00
′
05
′
N/69
°
13
′
06
′
W direct to 25
°
00
′
N/
69
°
07
′
W direct to 23
°
30
′
N/68
°
40
′
W direct to
23
°
30
′
N/60
°
00
′
W to the point of beginning.
(d)
RVSM in the United States.
RVSM may
be applied in the airspace of the 48 contig-
uous states, District of Columbia, and Alas-
ka, including that airspace overlying the wa-
ters within 12 nautical miles of the coast.
(e)
RVSM in the gulf of Mexico.
RVSM may
be applied in the Gulf of Mexico in the fol-
lowing areas: Gulf of Mexico High Offshore
Airspace, Houston Oceanic ICAO FIR and
Miami Oceanic ICAO FIR.
(f)
RVSM in Atlantic High Offshore Airspace
and the San Juan FIR.
RVSM may be applied
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