Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
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Regulations are current to 2024-11-11 and last amended on 2023-06-21. Previous Versions
Part VI — General Operating and Flight Rules (continued)
Subpart 2 — Operating and Flight Rules (continued)
Division I — General (continued)
Fuel Dumping
602.30 No person shall jettison fuel from an aircraft in flight unless
(a) it is necessary to do so in order to ensure aviation safety; and
(b) all appropriate measures are taken to minimize danger to human life and damage to the environment, insofar as the circumstances permit.
Compliance with Air Traffic Control Instructions and Clearances
602.31 (1) Subject to subsection (3), the pilot-in command of an aircraft shall
(a) comply with and acknowledge, to the appropriate air traffic control unit, all of the air traffic control instructions directed to and received by the pilot-in-command; and
(b) comply with all of the air traffic control clearances received and accepted by the pilot-in-command and
(i) subject to subsection (2), in the case of an IFR flight, read back to the appropriate air traffic control unit the text of any air traffic control clearance received, and
(ii) in the case of a VFR flight, read back to the appropriate air traffic control unit the text of any air traffic control clearance received, when so requested by the air traffic control unit.
(2) Except if requested to do so by an air traffic control unit, the pilot-in-command of an IFR aircraft is not required to read back the text of an air traffic control clearance pursuant to paragraph (1)(b)(i) where
(a) the air traffic control clearance is received on the ground by the pilot-in-command before departing from a controlled aerodrome in respect of which a standard instrument departure procedure is specified in the Canada Air Pilot; or
(b) the receipt of the air traffic control clearance is acknowledged by the pilot-in-command by electronic means.
(3) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft may deviate from an air traffic control clearance or an air traffic control instruction to the extent necessary to carry out a collision avoidance manoeuvre, if the manoeuvre is carried out
(a) in accordance with a resolution advisory generated by an ACAS; or
(b) in response to an alert from a TAWS or a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS).
(4) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft shall
(a) as soon as possible after initiating the collision avoidance manoeuvre referred to in subsection (3), inform the appropriate air traffic control unit of the deviation; and
(b) immediately after completing the collision avoidance manoeuvre referred to in subsection (3), comply with the last air traffic control clearance received and accepted by, or the last air traffic control instruction received and acknowledged by, the pilot-in-command.
- SOR/2012-136, s. 7
Airspeed Limitations
602.32 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall
(a) operate an aircraft at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots if the aircraft is below 10,000 feet ASL; or
(b) operate an aircraft at an indicated airspeed of more than 200 knots if the aircraft is below 3,000 feet AGL within 10 nautical miles of a controlled aerodrome unless authorized to do so in an air traffic control clearance.
(2) A person may operate an aircraft at an indicated airspeed greater than the airspeeds referred to in subsection (1) if the aircraft is being operated in accordance with a special flight operations certificate – special aviation event issued pursuant to section 603.02.
(3) If the minimum safe airspeed for the flight configuration of an aircraft is greater than the airspeed referred to in subsection (1), the aircraft shall be operated at the minimum safe airspeed.
- SOR/2010-219, s. 2
Supersonic Flight
602.33 No person shall operate an aircraft at a true Mach number of 1 or greater.
Cruising Altitudes and Cruising Flight Levels
602.34 (1) The appropriate cruising altitude or cruising flight level for an aircraft in level cruising flight is determined in accordance with
(a) the magnetic track, in the Southern Domestic Airspace; and
(b) the true track, in the Northern Domestic Airspace.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the pilot-in-command of an aircraft shall ensure that the aircraft is operated at a cruising altitude or cruising flight level appropriate to the track, as set out in the table to this section, unless the pilot-in-command is assigned another altitude or flight level by an air traffic control unit and the aircraft is operated in level cruising flight
(a) at more than 3,000 feet AGL, in VFR flight; or
(b) in IFR flight.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply where an aircraft is operated for the purpose of aerial survey or mapping and the following conditions are met:
(a) the pilot-in-command of the aircraft contacts the appropriate air traffic control unit as far in advance as possible of the proposed flight;
(b) the pilot-in-command of the aircraft provides, as far in advance as possible of the proposed take-off time of the aircraft, to any air traffic control unit that so requests, a topographical map at either a 1:500 000 or a 1:1 000 000 scale of the area to be surveyed or mapped, with proposed tracks and planned entry and exit points clearly delineated on the map;
(c) the pilot-in-command of the aircraft files a flight plan or flight itinerary with an air traffic control unit as far in advance as possible of the proposed take-off time of the aircraft;
(d) the flight plan or flight itinerary referred to in paragraph (c) specifies the area to be surveyed or mapped
(i) by reference to the relevant maps of the National Topographic System,
(ii) by reference to the geographic co-ordinates of the area, or
(iii) where required by an air traffic control unit, by reference to the air photograph block reference grid map provided by the air traffic control unit; and
(e) where the aircraft is operated in controlled airspace, it is operated in accordance with an air traffic control clearance.
Cruising Altitudes and Cruising Flight Levels Appropriate to Aircraft Track
TRACK
000° — 179°
TRACK
180° — 359°
Column I Column II Column III Column IV IFR VFR IFR VFR 1,000 - Cruising Altitudes or Cruising Flight Levels — 18,000 feet and below 2,000 - 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 6,500 7,000 7,500 8,000 8,500 9,000 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 11,500 12,000 12,500 13,000 13,500 14,000 14,500 15,000 15,500 16,000 16,500 17,000 17,500 IFR & CVFR IFR & CVFR NON-RVSM RVSM NON-RVSM RVSM 190 190 Cruising Flight Levels — 180 to 590 180 180 210 210 200 200 230 230 220 220 250 250 240 240 270 270 260 260 290 290 280 280 330 310 310 300 370 330 350 320 410 350 RVSM 390 340 450 370 1,000 feet separation 430 360 490 390 between FL290–FL410 470 380 530 410 510 400 570 450 550 430 490 590 470 530 510 570 550 590
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