- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 15 January 2013

[CIA 13,070] Aerodrome operating minima — Aircraft not registered in Fiji operated by an operator domiciled in a country other than Fiji38

(1) A public transport aircraft operated by an operator domiciled in a country other than Fiji shall not fly in or over Fiji unless the operator thereof shall have furnished to the Authority such particulars as it may from time to time have required relating to the airport operating minima specified by the operator in relation to airports in Fiji for the purpose of limiting their use by the aircraft for take-off or landing, including any instructions given by the operator in relation to such airport operating minima. The aircraft shall not fly in or over Fiji unless the operator shall have made such amendments or additions to the airport operating minima so specified and any instructions so given as the Authority may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.

[subreg (1) am LN 82 of 2009 reg 19, effective 6 February 2010]

(2) The aircraft shall not begin or end a flight at an airport in Fiji in contravention of the airport operating minima so specified in relation to that airport or of the instructions referred to in paragraph (1).

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of subregulation (2), a public transport aircraft operated by an operator domiciled in a country other than Fiji shall not—

(a)commence or continue an approach to landing at any airport in Fiji if the visibility at the airport is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing, except that an approach to landing may be continued if, at the time the pilot in command of the aircraft receives information that the visibility is less than the specified minimum for landing—
- (i)the aircraft is below the specified decision height;
- (ii)the specified visual reference has been established at the decision height and is maintained; and
- (iii)the approach to landing has, at least until the specified visual reference has been established, been made by use of an instrument landing system notified for the purpose of these Regulations; or
(b)continue an approach to landing at any airport in Fiji by flying below the specified decision height unless from that height the specified visual reference is established and is maintained.

[subreg (3) am LN 82 of 2009 reg 19, effective 6 February 2010]