Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 121, App. P

Ocean area north of the equator as an extension to 180-minute ETOPS authority to be
used on an exception basis. This exception
may be used only on a flight-by-flight basis
when an ETOPS Alternate Airport is not
available within 180 minutes. In that case,
the nearest available ETOPS Alternate Airport within 240 minutes diversion time must
be specified in the dispatch or flight release.
(2) This exception may be used in the
North Polar Area and in the area north of
NOPAC only in extreme conditions particular to these areas such as volcanic activity, extreme cold weather at en-route airports, airport weather below dispatch requirements, temporary airport conditions,
and other weather related events. The criteria used by the certificate holder to decide
that extreme weather precludes using an airport must be established by the certificate
holder, accepted by the FAA, and published
in the certificate holder-s manual for the use
of dispatchers and pilots.
(3) This exception may be used in the Pacific Ocean area north of the equator only
for reasons such as political or military concern, volcanic activity, airport weather
below dispatch requirements, temporary airport conditions and other weather related
events.
(4) The airplane-engine combination must
be type design approved for ETOPS greater
than 180 minutes.
(j) 240-minute ETOPS in areas South of the
equator. (1) The FAA grants approval to conduct ETOPS with maximum diversion times
of up to 240 minutes in the following areas:
(i) Pacific oceanic areas between the U.S.
West coast and Australia, New Zealand and
Polynesia.
(ii) South Atlantic oceanic areas.
(iii) Indian Ocean areas.
(iv) Oceanic areas between Australia and
South America.
(2) The operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS Alternate Airports
along the planned route of flight.
(3) The airplane-engine combination must
be type-design-approved for ETOPS greater
than 180 minutes.
(k) ETOPS beyond 240 minutes. (1) The FAA
grants approval to conduct ETOPS with diversion times beyond 240 minutes for operations between specified city pairs on routes
in the following areas:
(i) The Pacific oceanic areas between the
U.S. west coast and Australia, New Zealand,
and Polynesia;
(ii) The South Atlantic oceanic areas;
(iii) The Indian Oceanic areas; and
(iv) The oceanic areas between Australia
and South America, and the South Polar
Area.
(2) This approval is granted to certificate
holders who have been operating under 180minute or greater ETOPS authority for at
least 24 consecutive months, of which at

least 12 consecutive months must be under
240-minute ETOPS authority with the airplane-engine combination to be used.
(3) The operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS alternate or alternates
along the planned route of flight.
(4) For these operations, the airplane-engine combination must be type-design-approved for ETOPS greater than 180 minutes.
Section II. ETOPS Approval: Passenger-carrying Airplanes With More Than Two Engines.
(a) The FAA grants approval to conduct
ETOPS, as follows:
(1) Except as provided in Section 121.162, the airplane-engine combination must be type-design-approved for ETOPS.
(2) The operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS Alternate Airports
within 240 minutes diversion time (at one-engine-inoperative cruise speed under standard
conditions in still air). If an ETOPS alternate is not available within 240 minutes, the
operator must designate the nearest available ETOPS Alternate Airports along the
planned route of flight.
(3) The MEL limitations for the authorized
ETOPS diversion time apply.
(i) The Fuel Quantity Indicating System
must be operational.
(ii) The communications systems required
by Section 121.99(d) or Section 121.122(c) must be operational.
(4) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
Section III. Approvals for operations whose
airplane routes are planned to traverse either
the North Polar or South Polar Areas.
(a) Except for intrastate operations within
the State of Alaska, no certificate holder
may operate an aircraft in the North Polar
Area or South Polar Area, unless authorized
by the FAA.
(b) In addition to any of the applicable requirements of sections I and II of this appendix, the certificate holder-s operations specifications must contain the following:
(1) The designation of airports that may be
used for en-route diversions and the requirements the airports must meet at the time of
diversion.
(2) Except for supplemental all-cargo operations, a recovery plan for passengers at designated diversion airports.
(3) A fuel-freeze strategy and procedures
for monitoring fuel freezing.
(4) A plan to ensure communication capability for these operations.
(5) An MEL for these operations.
(6) A training plan for operations in these
areas.
(7) A plan for mitigating crew exposure to
radiation during solar flare activity.
(8) A plan for providing at least two cold
weather anti-exposure suits in the aircraft,
to protect crewmembers during outside activity at a diversion airport with extreme

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