﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><e:ENR-1.2 Number="ENR 1.2" IsChapter="true" id="i14533" xmlns:e="http://www.eurocontrol.int/xmlns/AIM/eAIP"><e:Title id="i14537" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841774594343" Updated="No" xml:space="preserve">VISUAL FLIGHT RULES</e:Title><e:Sub-section Number="" id="i70815" Updated="No" class="Body"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i70816" Updated="No" class="Paragraph" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Republic of Lithuania follows the visual flight rules established in the European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU, SERA) No 923/2012. Details are listed in the Aeronautical Information Publication for Visual Flights of the Republic of Lithuania <x:a id="i369514" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841782785893" href="EY-ENR-2.2-en-US.html#i">ENR 2.2</x:a> part.</x:p><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i70820" Updated="No" class="TitleCenter" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><x:strong xml:space="preserve" id="i338597" Updated="No">TABLE OF VMC VISIBILITY AND DISTANCE FROM CLOUD MINIMA</x:strong></x:p><x:table id="i81919" Updated="No" class="Standard" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><x:col width="299.8" class="col_1" /><x:col width="153.35000000000002" class="col_2" /><x:col width="153.2" class="col_3" /><x:col width="294.5" class="col_4" /><x:thead xml:space="preserve" id="i81920" Updated="No"><x:tr id="i81921" Updated="No"><x:th id="i81922" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTopBold"><x:en xml:space="preserve" id="i94710" Updated="No"><x:span class="Italic" id="i94711" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">Altitude band</x:span></x:en></x:th><x:th id="i81928" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTopBold"><x:en xml:space="preserve" id="i94716" Updated="No"><x:span class="Italic" id="i94717" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">Airspace class</x:span></x:en></x:th><x:th id="i81929" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTopBold"><x:en xml:space="preserve" id="i94722" Updated="No"><x:span class="Italic" id="i94723" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic"> Flight visibility </x:span></x:en></x:th><x:th id="i81930" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTopBold"><x:en xml:space="preserve" id="i94728" Updated="No"><x:span class="Italic" id="i94729" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">Distance from cloud</x:span></x:en></x:th></x:tr></x:thead><x:tbody xml:space="preserve" id="i81931" Updated="No"><x:tr id="i81932" Updated="No"><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81933" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82007" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82008" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">At and above FL 100</x:span></x:p></x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81934" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop">A<x:span class="Superscript" id="i248008" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i248009" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841776001115" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> B<x:span class="Superscript" id="i248010" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i248011" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841776644097" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span>C D E<x:span class="Superscript" id="i363274" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i363275" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841777106171" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> F<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272060" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272061" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841777701553" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> G</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81935" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTop">8 KM</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81936" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82031" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82520" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">1 500 M horizontally</x:span><x:br xml:space="preserve" id="i82522" Updated="No" /><x:span class="Italic" id="i82523" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">300 M (1 000 FT) vertically</x:span></x:p></x:td></x:tr><x:tr id="i81937" Updated="No"><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81938" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82012" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82013" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">Below FL 100 and above 3 000 FT AMSL</x:span></x:p></x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81939" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop">A<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272063" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272064" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841778160662" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> B<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272065" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272066" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841778794969" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> C D E<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272067" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272068" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841779253843" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> F<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272069" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272070" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841779876916" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> G</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81940" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTop">5 KM</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81941" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82033" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82526" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">1 500 M horizontally</x:span><x:br xml:space="preserve" id="i82528" Updated="No" /><x:span class="Italic" id="i82529" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">300 M (1 000 FT) vertically</x:span></x:p></x:td></x:tr><x:tr id="i81942" Updated="No"><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81943" Updated="No" rowspan="2" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82516" Updated="No" class="CellLeftMiddle"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82517" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">At and below 3 000 FT AMSL</x:span></x:p></x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81944" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop">A<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272075" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272076" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841780328259" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span>B<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272077" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272078" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841780772164" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> C D E<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272079" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272080" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841781243633" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span></x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81945" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTop">5 KM</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i81946" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82035" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82531" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">1 500 M horizontally</x:span><x:br xml:space="preserve" id="i82533" Updated="No" /><x:span class="Italic" id="i82534" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">300 M (1 000 FT) vertically</x:span></x:p></x:td></x:tr><x:tr id="i82504" Updated="No"><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i82505" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop">F<x:span class="Superscript" id="i272081" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i272082" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841781690742" href="#i70826">1)</x:a></x:span> G</x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i82506" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellCenterTop">5 KM<x:span class="Superscript" id="i347908" Updated="No" charstyle="Superscript"><x:a id="i347909" Updated="No" LastDataDrivenCheck="638924841782346606" href="#i70830">2)</x:a></x:span></x:td><x:td xml:space="preserve" id="i82508" Updated="No" rowspan="1" colspan="1" class="CellLeftTop"><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i82511" Updated="No" class="CellLeftTop"><x:span class="Italic" id="i82512" Updated="No" charstyle="Italic">Clear of cloud and with the surface in sight</x:span></x:p></x:td></x:tr></x:tbody></x:table><x:ol xml:space="preserve" id="i70825" Updated="No" class="li1" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i70826" Updated="No" class="li1">Classes A, B, E and F are not used in Vilnius <e:Abbreviation Ref="i18068" Ident="FIR" Value="FIR" id="i192242" Updated="No" />.</x:li><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i70830" Updated="No" class="li1">If were approved by Transport Competency Agency (TKA):</x:li></x:ol><x:ol xml:space="preserve" id="i70840" Updated="No" class="lia" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i70870" Updated="No" class="lia">flight visibilities reduced to not less than 1 500 M may be permitted for flights operating:<x:ol xml:space="preserve" id="i81727" Updated="No" class="lii05cm"><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81728" Updated="No" class="lii05cm">at speeds of 140 KT <e:Abbreviation Ref="i18708" Ident="IAS" Value="IAS" id="i192240" Updated="No" /> or less to give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision; or</x:li><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81729" Updated="No" class="lii05cm">in circumstances in which the probability of encounters with other traffic would normally be low, e.g. in areas of low volume traffic and for aerial work at low levels;</x:li></x:ol></x:li><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81737" Updated="No" class="lia">helicopters may be permitted to operate in less than 1 500 M but not less than 800 M flight visibility, if manoeuvred at a speed that will give adequate opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision. (The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 of 20 July 2016 amending the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 923/2012);</x:li><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81739" Updated="No" class="lia">in that cases, such as Lithuanian Air Forces helicopters (LAF), performed medical, fire-fighting, search and rescue (SAR) operations and training flights the following minima of meteorological conditions are:<x:ol xml:space="preserve" id="i81762" Updated="No" class="lii05cm"><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81763" Updated="No" class="lii05cm">the ceiling - 90 M (300 FT);</x:li><x:li xml:space="preserve" id="i81764" Updated="No" class="lii05cm">the visibility - 800 M.</x:li></x:ol></x:li></x:ol><x:p xml:space="preserve" id="i70890" Updated="No" class="Remarkitalic" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><x:em xml:space="preserve" id="i320463" Updated="No">Note.The TKA has granted permission to helicopters of Aviation unit of the State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of the Interior to operate according conditions of point 2 b).</x:em></x:p></e:Sub-section></e:ENR-1.2>