Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:14 pm
#1655243
Hello,
This is probably a silly question caused by me misreading stuff but I'm a little bit confused with the rules of flying at night. I'm currently studying from 2 sources. One is the Pooleys Air Pilots Manual 2 Air Law & Meterology (14th edtion published Sept.2017) and the other is the Skyway Code (Version 1.1, Sept 2017).
In the pooleys book at the end of chapter 7 - Visual Flight Rules (page 122) they have test questions, with question 3 being;
'Except when taking off or landing, what is the minimum level at which a night VFR flight can operate?'
The correct answer is given as;
'(c) At least 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within 8km of the aircraft.'
However, when reading the Skyway Code on the digital pdf page 61 deals with VFR at night and states;
'You must fly at a level not less than 1000 ft above the highest obstacle within 5 NM of the aircraft’s position, except that under the UK permission, when at or below 3000 ft AMSL, you may fly:
>In sight of the surface;
>At a height of not less than 500 ft above the ground or water, or 500 ft above the highest obstacle within a radius of 500 ft from the aircraft; and
>At a height not less than 1,000 ft above the highest obstacle within a radius of 600 m from the aircraft when over the congested areas of cities, towns or settlements or over an open-air assembly of persons.'
So I guess the question is am I missing something? Dr Google says 5nm = 9.26km, so which is it 5nm or 8km?
Thanks
Edit - I'd just like to add I've also looked up ENR 1.2 and looked at 1.7 where it has VFR at night. Still faily confused.
This is probably a silly question caused by me misreading stuff but I'm a little bit confused with the rules of flying at night. I'm currently studying from 2 sources. One is the Pooleys Air Pilots Manual 2 Air Law & Meterology (14th edtion published Sept.2017) and the other is the Skyway Code (Version 1.1, Sept 2017).
In the pooleys book at the end of chapter 7 - Visual Flight Rules (page 122) they have test questions, with question 3 being;
'Except when taking off or landing, what is the minimum level at which a night VFR flight can operate?'
The correct answer is given as;
'(c) At least 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within 8km of the aircraft.'
However, when reading the Skyway Code on the digital pdf page 61 deals with VFR at night and states;
'You must fly at a level not less than 1000 ft above the highest obstacle within 5 NM of the aircraft’s position, except that under the UK permission, when at or below 3000 ft AMSL, you may fly:
>In sight of the surface;
>At a height of not less than 500 ft above the ground or water, or 500 ft above the highest obstacle within a radius of 500 ft from the aircraft; and
>At a height not less than 1,000 ft above the highest obstacle within a radius of 600 m from the aircraft when over the congested areas of cities, towns or settlements or over an open-air assembly of persons.'
So I guess the question is am I missing something? Dr Google says 5nm = 9.26km, so which is it 5nm or 8km?
Thanks
Edit - I'd just like to add I've also looked up ENR 1.2 and looked at 1.7 where it has VFR at night. Still faily confused.