Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
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Regulations are current to 2021-01-10 and last amended on 2021-01-01. Previous Versions
Part VI — General Operating and Flight Rules (continued)
Subpart 2 — Operating and Flight Rules (continued)
Division I — General (continued)
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
(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
(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
(e) where the aircraft is operated in controlled airspace, it is operated in accordance with an air traffic control clearance.
TABLE
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
- SOR/2019-119, s. 29
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