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FOREWORD INTRODUCTION The Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS) consists of two volumes as follows: Volume I — Flight Procedures Volume II — Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures The division of the PANS-OPS into the two volumes was accomplished in 1979 as a result of an extensive amendment to the obstacle clearance criteria and the construction of approach-to-land procedures (Amendments 13 and 14). Prior to 1979, all PANS-OPS material was contained in a single document. Table A shows the origin of amendments together with a list of the principal subjects involved and the dates on which the PANS-OPS and the amendments were approved by the Council and when they became applicable. Volume I — Flight Procedures describes operational procedures recommended for the guidance of flight crew and flight operations personnel. It also outlines the various parameters on which the criteria in Volume II are based so as to illustrate the need to adhere strictly to the published procedures in order to achieve and maintain an acceptable level of safety in operations. Volume II — Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures is intended for the guidance of procedures specialists and describes the essential areas and obstacle clearance requirements for the achievement of safe, regular instrument flight operations.

It provides the basic guidelines to States, and those operators and organizations producing instrument flight charts that will result in uniform practices at all aerodromes where instrument flight procedures are carried out. Both volumes present coverage of operational practices that are beyond the scope of Standards and Recommended Practices but with respect to which a measure of international uniformity is desirable. 1.5 The design of procedures in accordance with PANS-OPS criteria assumes normal operations. It is the responsibility of the operator to provide contingency procedures for abnormal and emergency operations. COMMENTARY ON THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN VOLUME II Part I — General This part contains the general criteria that apply to both conventional as well as RNAV and satellite-based procedures. Section 1 describes the terminology to assist in the interpretation of terms which are used in the procedures and have a particular technical meaning. In some cases, the terms are defined in other ICAO documents.

A list of abbreviations is also provided. Section 2 provides the general criteria that apply to all phases of flight. In Amendment 12 to the 4th edition, criteria for the procedure identification were included. Section 3 contains the departure procedures. The specifications concerning instrument departure procedures were first developed by the Obstacle Clearance Panel (OCP) in 1983.

The material contained in Volume II was prepared for the use of the procedure design specialists and corresponding material for the use of flight operations personnel including flight crews is contained in Volume I. In 1990 as a result of the work of an air navigation study group, new material was included concerning specifications, procedures and guidance material relating to the simultaneous operations on parallel or near-parallel runways, including the minimum distances between the runways. The adventures of tintin hd android game free download. Section 4 contains the general arrival and approach procedures.

These procedures were first developed by the Operations Division in 1949 and issued in 1951 and have since been amended a number of times. In 1966, the Obstacle Clearance Panel (OCP) was created to update these procedures for application to all types of aeroplanes taking into account requirements for subsonic multi-jet aeroplanes and technical developments with respect to standard radio navigation aids. As a result of this work, instrument approach procedures criteria were completely revised. The new criteria were incorporated in 1979 in the First Edition of Volume II of PANS-OPS (Amendment 13). Part II — Conventional procedures This part describes the procedures for conventional navigation that are specific to the sensor. Section 1 contains the criteria for precision approaches.