Weather Minimums (CAMTS Rotowing Standards, 05.00.000) Flashcards
Non Mountainous
Day
Local
800’ - 2 miles
Non Mountainous
Day
Cross Country
800’ - 3 miles
Non Mountainous
Night (w/ NVG’s or TAWS)
Local
800’ - 3 miles
Non Mountainous
Night (w/ NVG’s or TAWS)
Cross Country
1000’ - 3 miles
NVG’s
Night Vision Goggles
TAWS
Terrain Avoidance Warning System
Mountainous
Day
Local
800’ - 3 miles
Mountainous
Day
Cross Country
1000’ - 3 miles
Mountainous
Night (w/ NVG’s or TAWS)
Local
1000’ - 3 miles
Mountainous
Night (w/ NVG’s or TAWS)
Cross Country
1000’ - 5 miles
Weather that is very close to or at minimums (can fly, but accepting risk).
Marginal weather
Weather that is UNDER weather minimums (can’t fly).
Below minimums
If bad weather is encountered while enroute,
divert to the nearest facility
The #1 cause of crashes is
weather
The #2 cause of crashes is
night flight
VFR
Visual Flight Rules
Visual Flight Rules
Fly only in weather conditions that you can see where you are flying
VFR also known as
Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC)
There is no intended instrument flying under these rules:
VFR, VMC
IFR
Instrument flight rules
Weather conditions do not allow safe flight by sight alone, and pilot must use instruments to fly:
IFR
IFR aka
Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)
IIMC
Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Conditions
double IMC
Began flying in VFR weather, unexpectedly encountered weather that required flying by instruments
IIMC
