AWOPS
AWOPS
defined
• AWOPS is an abbreviation for ALL
WEATHER OPERATIONS and is
essentially a set of operating
minumims with regards to
weather and facilities for aircraft
conducting IFR operations
• AWOPS tables appear in section
ENR 1.8 of the AIP primarily
Take off minimums compared with airfield facilities
Take off alternate requirements
Non precision minimums
Basic Precision approach minimums
AWOPS En route alternate minimums
format Destination minimums
LVPS
AWOPS is often done via the aid of a flow chart as outlined later in the
slides
Take off
Required
RVR/Visibility
Take off alternates enr 1.8-1
• Notes: still air speed used in calculations
• Critical engine inoperative
Lets simplify the take off assessment
Check the METAR/ATIS for Viz/RVR at departure field
Compare the weather above with one of the following:
Aerodrome minima stated on Table 3 from the AIP compared with
Jeppesen chart OR aerodrome chart facilities.
Where to look
on the
Jeppesen
Using the AIP to determine take off
minimums
Can we land back?
• Refer to what instrument approaches are available if
required at the departure aerodrome.
• If not possible to land back, select a take off alternate
within requirements spoken about previously.
• Forecast must be above the minima for landing +- 1
hour from ETD
• We do not need to enhance the Minima as per other
airports
• Note that we do not consider ceiling if a precision
approach is available-only RVR
Notes on the take off criteria
No enhanced minma To land back at
required for departure departure, weather must If unable to land back
field and take off be at or above minimum select take off alternate
alternate ETD +-1 hour
Aircraft must be able to
Ceiling not considered Can not convert Viz/RVR climb to 1500ft if losing
for precision approach using the AIP tables. an engine, else an rvr of
800m applies for take off.
En route alternates
01 02 03
Required when When using decision Forecast
failure of critical point planning fuel requirements for
system/engine would profile alternates are same
necessitate a as for destination-
diversion refer to later slide ie
enhanced minima
Destinatio
n
planning
When are
alternates are
required
• Part 91.03. for each flight to be
conducted in accordance with
IFR the owner/operator shall
select at least ONE destination
alternate UNLESS:
No alternates
required
• The forecast weather at destination is
VMC and 2 separate runways of which
one has an instrument approach
• Forecast is ETA +-1 hour such that
landing can be made VMC
• The destination is isolated provided
that
• PNR to be calculated and 2 hours
reserve fuel to be carried
• Cloud base is at least 1000ft
above the minimum for the
procedure to be flown
2 alternates required
When the No weather
destination forecast information
is below minima eta available at
+-1 hour destination airport
Enhanced Type of
minima approach
Planning minima
Cat I minima with RVR in
• Enhanced minima apply for Cat II and III
accordance with TS 91.07.5
en route and destination
alternate airports Non-precision minima and
Cat I
ceiling must be above the MDH
• The minimums for the
approach are increased
above the system minima for Non-precision minima plus 200ft
planning purposes according added to MDH and 1 000m
Non-precision
to the table in part 91.07.8 added to RVR/Visibility. Ceiling
must be above the MDH + 200ft
Circling Circling
Recap of
system minima
Descripti
on of
facilities
RVR tables
Converting from Visibility to
RVR
NOTE- this can not be used for take off calculations
NOTE
• AWOPS is a planning minima exercise.
Once the flight is dispatched the aircraft
can continue even though the planning
minima may deteriorate. However they
will still need to meet the system
requirements for the approaches to fly
them
