Code of Federal Regulations - Title 14

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 91, App. G

will enable it to conduct RVSM operations
safely.

manner prescribed by the Administrator, the
operator must provide evidence that:

(1) It is capable to operate and maintain

each aircraft or aircraft group for which it
applies for approval to operate in RVSM air-
space; and

(2) Each pilot has an adequate knowledge

of RVSM requirements, policies, and proce-
dures.

Section 4. RVSM Operations

(a) Each person requesting a clearance to

operate within RVSM airspace shall cor-
rectly annotate the flight plan filed with air
traffic control with the status of the oper-
ator and aircraft with regard to RVSM ap-
proval. Each operator shall verify RVSM ap-
plicability for the flight planned route
through the appropriate flight planning in-
formation 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 Ad-

ministrator 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 air-

craft operator to deviate from the require-
ments of § 91.180 or § 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 Adminis-
trator; 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 im-
pose a burden on, the operations of operators
who have been approved for RVSM oper-
ations in accordance with Section 3 of this
appendix.

Section 6. Reporting Altitude-Keeping Errors

Each operator shall report to the Adminis-

trator each event in which the operator’s
aircraft has exhibited the following altitude-
keeping performance:

(a) Total vertical error of 300 feet or more;
(b) Altimetry system error of 245 feet or

more; or

or more.

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 author-
ization, 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 amend-
ment, revocation, ore restriction include,
but are not limited to, an operator’s:

(a) Committing one or more altitude-keep-

ing errors in RVSM airspace;

(b) Failing to make an effective and timely

response to identify and correct an altitude-
keeping error; or

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 Minimum

Navigation Performance Specification
(MNPS) airspace within the NAT. The MNPS
airspace 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 con-
trol 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 de-
grees 30 minutes north.

(b)

RVSM in the Pacific. (1) RVSM may be

applied in the Pacific in the following ICAO
Flight Information Regions (FIRs): Anchor-
age Arctic, Anchorage Continental, Anchor-
age Oceanic, Auckland Oceanic, Brisbane,
Edmonton, Honiara, Los Angeles, Melbourne,
Nadi, Naha, Nauru, New Zealand, Oakland,
Oakland Oceanic, Port Moresby, Seattle, Ta-
hiti, 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 be-
ginning at a point 38

′

N/60

′

W direct to

′

N/69

′

W direct to 38

′

N/69

′

W di-

rect to 37

′

N/71

′

W direct to 37

′

N/72

′

W direct to 35

′

N/72

′

W direct to 34

′

W direct to 34

′

N/73

′

W direct to

′

N/73

′

W direct to 34

′

N/74

′

W di-

rect to 34

′

N/73

′

W direct to 32

′

N/76

′

W direct to 32

′

N/77

′

W direct to 28

′

W direct to 27

′

N/76

′

W direct to

′

N/74

′

W direct to 25

′

N/73

′

W di-

rect to 25

′

N/69

′

W direct to 25

′

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