227 

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.652 

(4) When the aircraft is on a straight- 

in nonprecision approach procedure 
which incorporates a visual descent 
point, the aircraft has reached the vis-
ual descent point, except where the air-
craft is not equipped for or capable of 
establishing that point, or a descent to 
the runway cannot be made using nor-
mal procedures or rates of descent if 
descent is delayed until reaching that 
point. 

(d) A pilot may begin the final ap-

proach segment of an instrument ap-
proach procedure other than a Cat-
egory II or Category III procedure at 
an airport when the visibility is less 
than the visibility minimums pre-
scribed for that procedure if the airport 
is served by an operative ILS and an 
operative PAR, and both are used by 
the pilot. However, no pilot may con-
tinue an approach below the authorized 
DA/DH unless the requirements of 
§ 91.176 of this chapter, or the following 
requirements are met: 

(1) The aircraft is continuously in a 

position from which a descent to a 
landing on the intended runway can be 
made at a normal rate of descent using 
normal maneuvers and where such a 
descent rate will allow touchdown to 
occur within the touchdown zone of the 
runway of intended landing; 

(2) The flight visibility is not less 

than the visibility prescribed in the 
standard instrument approach proce-
dure being used; and 

(3) Except for Category II or Cat-

egory III approaches where any nec-
essary visual reference requirements 
are specified by the authorization of 
the Administrator, at least one of the 
following visual references for the in-
tended runway is distinctly visible and 
identifiable to the pilot: 

(i) The approach light system, except 

that the pilot may not descend below 
100 feet above the touchdown zone ele-
vation using the approach lights as a 
reference unless the red terminating 
bars or the red side row bars are also 
distinctly visible and identifiable. 

(ii) The threshold. 
(iii) The threshold markings. 
(iv) The threshold lights. 
(v) The runway end identifier lights. 
(vi) The visual approach slope indi-

cator. 

(vii) The touchdown zone or touch-

down zone markings. 

(viii) The touchdown zone lights. 
(ix) The runway or runway markings. 
(x) The runway lights. 
(e) A pilot may begin the final ap-

proach segment of an instrument ap-
proach procedure, or continue that ap-
proach procedure, at an airport when 
the visibility is reported to be less than 
the visibility minimums prescribed for 
that procedure if the pilot uses an op-
erable EFVS in accordance with § 91.176 
of this chapter and the certificate hold-
er’s operations specifications for EFVS 
operations. 

(f) For the purpose of this section, 

the final approach segment begins at 
the final approach fix or facility pre-
scribed in the instrument approach 
procedure. When a final approach fix is 
not prescribed for a procedure that in-
cludes a procedure turn, the final ap-
proach segment begins at the point 
where the procedure turn is completed 
and the aircraft is established inbound 
toward the airport on the final ap-
proach course within the distance pre-
scribed in the procedure. 

(g) Unless otherwise authorized in 

the certificate holder’s operations 
specifications, each pilot making an 
IFR takeoff, approach, or landing at a 
foreign airport shall comply with the 
applicable instrument approach proce-
dures and weather minimums pre-
scribed by the authority having juris-
diction over the airport. 

[Doc. No. 20060, 46 FR 2291, Jan. 8, 1981, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–303, 69 FR 1641, Jan. 9, 
2004; Amdt. 121–333, 72 FR 31682, June 7, 2007; 
Docket FAA–2013–0485, Amdt. 121–376, 81 FR 
90175, Dec. 13, 2016] 

§ 121.652

Landing weather minimums: 

IFR: All certificate holders. 

(a) If the pilot in command of an air-

plane has not served 100 hours as pilot 
in command in operations under this 
part in the type of airplane he is oper-
ating, the MDA or DA/DH and visi-
bility landing minimums in the certifi-
cate holder’s operations specification 
for regular, provisional, or refueling 
airports are increased by 100 feet and 
one-half mile (or the RVR equivalent). 
The MDA or DA/DH and visibility 
minimums need not be increased above 
those applicable to the airport when 

VerDate Sep<11>2014 

08:20 May 17, 2019

Jkt 247048

PO 00000

Frm 00237

Fmt 8010

Sfmt 8010

Y:\SGML\247048.XXX

247048