Departing IFR/VFR When Weather Reporting Is Not Available
type: GovernmentService
description: This action will permit the pilot in command of a helicopter air ambulance to assess the weather at a departure point where current weather observations are not available and allow the pilot to depart if the observed ceiling and visibility is greater than certain weather minimums. This action will allow a pilot to utilize the minimum takeoff visibilities depicted in a published obstacle departure procedure, or in the absence of such a procedure, when the pilot observed ceiling and visibility is greater than the minimum ceiling and visibility limitations required by specific helicopter air ambulance rules. This change to the current regulation will permit helicopter air ambulance flights to enter the National Airspace System under Instrument Flight Rules when visibilities and ceilings are below Visual Flight Rules, thus increasing the safety of the flight.
date published: 2014-07-28
start time: 2015-04-22
agent: Federal Aviation Administration
  type: GovernmentOrganization
  parent organization: US Department of Transportation
citation: DigitalDocument
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/07/28/2014-17729/departing-ifrvfr-when-weather-reporting-is-not-available
source organization: US Federal Register
publisher: AI Analytics

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property ID: Federal Register Document Number
value: 2014-17729

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property ID: Federal Register Citation
value: 79 FR 43619

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property ID: FAA Docket
value: Docket No.: FAA-2014-0502

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