Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 135, App. G

11 For A330/A340 series airplanes, resolution = 1.05% (0.250Section>0.120Section). For A300 B2/B4 series airplanes, resolution = 0.92%
(0.230Section>0.125Section).
12 For A330/A340 series airplanes, spoiler resolution = 1.406% (0.703Section>0.100Section).
13 For A330/A340 series airplanes, resolution = 0.5 SectionC.
14 For Dassault F900C/F900EX airplanes, Radio Altitude resolution = 1.25 ft.
15 For A330/A340 series airplanes, resolution = 0.352 degrees.
16 For A318/A319/A320/A321 series airplanes, resolution = 4.32%. For A330/A340 series airplanes, resolution is 3.27% of full
range for throttle lever angle (TLA); for reverse thrust, reverse throttle lever angle (RLA) resolution is nonlinear over the active
reverse thrust range, which is 51.54 degrees to 96.14 degrees. The resolved element is 2.8 degrees uniformly over the entire active reverse thrust range, or 2.9% of the full range value of 96.14 degrees.
17 For A318/A319/A320/A321 series airplanes, with IAE engines, resolution = 2.58%.
18 For all aircraft manufactured on or after December 6, 2010, the seconds per sampling interval is 0.125. Each input must be
recorded at this rate. Alternately sampling inputs (interleaving) to meet this sampling interval is prohibited.

[Doc. No. 28109, 62 FR 38398, July 17, 1997; 62 FR 48135, Sept. 12, 1997; Amdt. 135-85, 67 FR 54323,
Aug. 21, 2002; Amdt. 135-89, 68 FR 42939, July 18, 2003; 68 FR 50069, Aug. 20, 2003; Amdt. 135-
113, 73 FR 12570, Mar. 7, 2008; Amdt. 135-121, 75 FR 17047, Apr. 5, 2010; Amdt. 135-120, 75 FR 7357,
Feb. 19, 2010; Docket FAA-2017-0733, Amdt. 135-137, 82 FR 34399, July 25, 2017]

APPENDIX G TO PART 135 - EXTENDED
OPERATIONS (ETOPS)
G135.1 Definitions.
G135.1.1 Adequate Airport means an airport
that an airplane operator may list with approval from the FAA because that airport
meets the landing limitations of Section 135.385 or
is a military airport that is active and operational.
G135.1.2 ETOPS Alternate Airport means an
adequate airport that is designated in a dispatch or flight release for use in the event of
a diversion during ETOPS. This definition
applies to flight planning and does not in
any way limit the authority of the pilot in
command during flight.
G135.1.3 ETOPS Entry Point means the
first point on the route of an ETOPS flight,
determined using a one-engine inoperative
cruise speed under standard conditions in
still air, that is more than 180 minutes from
an adequate airport.
G135.1.4 ETOPS Qualified Person means a
person, performing maintenance for the certificate holder, who has satisfactorily completed the certificate holder-s ETOPS training program.
G135.2 Requirements.
G135.2.1 General. After August 13, 2008, no
certificate holder may operate an airplane,
other than an all-cargo airplane with more
than two engines, outside the continental
United States more than 180 minutes flying
time (at the one-engine-inoperative cruise
speed under standard conditions in still air)
from an airport described in Section 135.364 unless - 
(a) The certificate holder receives ETOPS
approval from the FAA;
(b) The operation is conducted in a multiengine transport category turbine-powered
airplane;
(c) The operation is planned to be no more
than 240 minutes flying time (at the one engine inoperative cruise speed under standard
conditions in still air) from an airport described in Section 135.364; and
(d) The certificate holder meets the requirements of this appendix.

G135.2.2 Required certificate holder experience
prior to conducting ETOPS.
Before applying for ETOPS approval, the
certificate holder must have at least 12
months experience conducting international
operations (excluding Canada and Mexico)
with multi-engine transport category turbine-engine powered airplanes. The certificate holder may consider the following experience as international operations:
(a) Operations to or from the State of Hawaii.
(b) For certificate holders granted approval to operate under part 135 or part 121
before February 15, 2007, up to 6 months of
domestic operating experience and operations in Canada and Mexico in multi-engine
transport category turbojet-powered airplanes may be credited as part of the required 12 months of international experience
required by paragraph G135.2.2(a) of this appendix.
(c) ETOPS experience with other aircraft
types to the extent authorized by the FAA.
G135.2.3 Airplane requirements. No certificate holder may conduct ETOPS in an airplane that was manufactured after February
17, 2015 unless the airplane meets the standards of Section 25.1535.
G135.2.4 Crew information requirements. The
certificate holder must ensure that flight
crews have in-flight access to current weather and operational information needed to
comply with Section 135.83, Section 135.225, and Section 135.229.
This includes information on all ETOPS Alternate Airports, all destination alternates,
and the destination airport proposed for each
ETOPS flight.
G135.2.5 Operational Requirements.
(a) No person may allow a flight to continue beyond its ETOPS Entry Point unless - 
(1) The weather conditions at each ETOPS
Alternate Airport are forecast to be at or
above the operating minima in the certificate holder-s operations specifications for
that airport when it might be used (from the
earliest to the latest possible landing time),
and

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