Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 91, App. G

Section 4. RVSM Operations
(a) Each person requesting a clearance to
operate within RVSM airspace shall correctly annotate the flight plan filed with air
traffic control with the status of the operator and aircraft with regard to RVSM approval. Each operator shall verify RVSM applicability for the flight planned route
through the appropriate flight planning information 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 Administrator 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 aircraft operator to deviate from the requirements of Section 91.180 or Section 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 Administrator; 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 impose a burden on, the operations of operators
who have been approved for RVSM operations in accordance with Section 3 of this
appendix.
Section 6. Reporting Altitude-Keeping Errors
Each operator shall report to the Administrator each event in which the operator-s
aircraft has exhibited the following altitudekeeping 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.

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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 authorization, 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 amendment, revocation, ore restriction include,
but are not limited to, an operator-s:
(a) Committing one or more altitude-keeping errors in RVSM airspace;

(b) Failing to make an effective and timely
response to identify and correct an altitudekeeping 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 volume of airspace between FL 285 and FL 420
(inclusive) extending between latitude 27 degrees north and the North Pole, bounded in
the east by the eastern boundaries of control
areas Santa Maria Oceanic, Shanwick Oceanic, 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): Anchorage Arctic, Anchorage Continental, Anchorage Oceanic, Auckland Oceanic, Brisbane,
Edmonton, Honiara, Los Angeles, Melbourne,
Nadi, Naha, Nauru, New Zealand, Oakland,
Oakland Oceanic, Port Moresby, Seattle, Tahiti, 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 beginning at a point 38Section30- N/60Section00-W direct to
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W direct to 35Section05- N/72Section40- W direct to 34Section54- N/
72Section57- W direct to 34Section29- N/73Section34- W direct to
34Section33- N/73Section41- W direct to 34Section19- N/74Section02- W direct to 34Section14- N/73Section57- W direct to 32Section12- N/76Section49-
W direct to 32Section20- N/77Section00- W direct to 28Section08- N/
77Section00- W direct to 27Section50- N/76Section32- W direct to
27Section50- N/74Section50- W direct to 25Section00- N/73Section21- W direct to 25Section00-05- N/69Section13-06- W direct to 25Section00- N/
69Section07- W direct to 23Section30- N/68Section40- W direct to
23Section30- N/60Section00- W to the point of beginning.
(d) RVSM in the United States. RVSM may
be applied in the airspace of the 48 contiguous states, District of Columbia, and Alaska, including that airspace overlying the waters 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 following 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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