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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 121 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or Cargo

Subpart 8 : Aeroplane Performance Operating Limitations

121.08.7 Dispatch limitations: wet runway - turbojet- or turbofan-powered aeroplanes

 

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), when weather reports or forecasts indicate that the runway may be wet at the estimated time of arrival, no air service operator shall dispatch or conduct a take-off in a turbojet- or turbofan-powered aeroplane unless the landing distance available (LDA) at the destination aerodrome is at least 115 per cent of the landing distance required in terms of regulation 121.08.6(1)(a).

 

(2) The landing distance available on a wet runway may be shorter than that required by subregulation (1) but not shorter than that required by regulation 121.08.6, if the aeroplane flight manual includes specific information about landing distances on wet runways.