Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 121, App. P

APPENDIX P TO PART 121 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ETOPS AND POLAR OPERATIONS

The FAA approves ETOPS in accordance
with the requirements and limitations in
this appendix.
Section I. ETOPS Approvals: Airplanes with
Two engines.
(a) Propulsion system reliability for ETOPS.
(1) Before the FAA grants ETOPS operational approval, the operator must be able
to demonstrate the ability to achieve and
maintain the level of propulsion system reliability, if any, that is required by Section 21.4(b)(2)
of this chapter for the ETOPS-approved airplane-engine combination to be used.
(2) Following ETOPS operational approval,
the operator must monitor the propulsion
system reliability for the airplane-engine
combination used in ETOPS, and take action
as required by Section 121.374(i) for the specified
IFSD rates.
(b) 75 Minutes ETOPS - (1) Caribbean/Western
Atlantic Area. The FAA grants approvals to
conduct
ETOPS with maximum diversion times up
to 75 minutes on Western Atlantic/Caribbean
area routes as follows:
(i) The FAA reviews the airplane-engine
combination to ensure the absence of factors
that could prevent safe operations. The airplane-engine combination need not be typedesign-approved for ETOPS; however, it
must have sufficient favorable experience to
demonstrate to the Administrator a level of
reliability appropriate for 75-minute ETOPS.
(ii) The certificate holder must comply
with the requirements of Section 121.633 for timelimited system planning.
(iii) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(iv) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374, except that a pre-departure service check before departure of the return
flight is not required.
(2) Other Areas. The FAA grants approvals
to conduct ETOPS with maximum diversion
times up to 75 minutes on other than Western Atlantic/Caribbean area routes as follows:
(i) The FAA reviews the airplane-engine
combination to ensure the absence of factors
that could prevent safe operations. The airplane-engine combination need not be typedesign-approved for ETOPS; however, it
must have sufficient favorable experience to
demonstrate to the Administrator a level of
reliability appropriate for 75-minute ETOPS.
(ii) The certificate holder must comply
with the requirements of Section 121.633 for timelimited system planning.
(iii) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.

(iv) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(v) The certificate holder must comply
with the MEL in its operations specifications
for 120-minute ETOPS.
(c) 90-minutes ETOPS (Micronesia). The FAA
grants approvals to conduct ETOPS with
maximum diversion times up to 90 minutes
on Micronesian area routes as follows:
(1) The airplane-engine combination must
be type-design approved for ETOPS of at
least 120-minutes.
(2) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(3) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374, except that a pre-departure service check before departure of the return
flight is not required.
(4) The certificate holder must comply
with the MEL requirements in its operations
specifications for 120-minute ETOPS.
(d) 120-minute ETOPS. The FAA grants approvals to conduct ETOPS with maximum
diversion times up to 120 minutes as follows:
(1) The airplane-engine combination must
be type-design-approved for ETOPS of at
least 120 minutes.
(2) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(3) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(4) The certificate holder must comply
with the MEL requirements for 120-minute
ETOPS.
(e) 138-Minute ETOPS. The FAA grants approval to conduct ETOPS with maximum diversion times up to 138 minutes as follows:
(1) Operators with 120-minute ETOPS approval. The FAA grants 138-minute ETOPS
approval as an extension of an existing 120minute ETOPS approval as follows:
(i) The authority may be exercised only for
specific flights for which the 120-minute diversion time must be exceeded.
(ii) For these flight-by-flight exceptions,
the airplane-engine combination must be
type-design-approved for ETOPS up to at
least 120 minutes. The capability of the airplane-s time-limited systems may not be less
than 138 minutes calculated in accordance
with Section 121.633.
(iii) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(iv) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(v) The certificate holder must comply
with minimum equipment list (MEL) requirements in its operations specifications
for  - beyond 120 minutes ETOPS - . Operators
without a  - beyond 120-minute ETOPS -  MEL

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