AvRegs Canada

← Canadian Aviation Regulations

History — 704.47

Every captured version of this section, newest first. Word-level diffs show exactly what each amendment changed. Read the current text →

FIRST SEENsnapshot of 2026-03-01 · consolidation amended to 2025-12-09
Text as first captured
704.47 (1) Subject to subsection (3), no air operator shall authorize a flight — and no person shall conduct a take-off — in a turbo-jet-powered aeroplane, a large aeroplane that is propeller-driven or a propeller-driven aeroplane that has a passenger seating configuration of 10 or more, if the weight of the aeroplane exceeds the weight specified in the aircraft flight manual as allowing a net take-off flight path that clears all obstacles by at least 10.7 m (35 feet) vertically or at least 60 m (200 feet) horizontally within the aerodrome boundaries, and by at least 91.5 m (300 feet) horizontally outside those boundaries. (2) In the determination of the maximum weight, minimum distances and flight path referred to in subsection (1), (a) corrections shall be made for (i) the runway to be used, (ii) the runway slope in the direction of take-off, (iii) the pressure-altitude at the aerodrome, (iv) the ambient temperature at the aerodrome, and (v) the wind component at the time of take-off, that is not more than 50% of the reported headwind or not less than 150% of the reported tailwind; (b) calculations shall be based on the pilot (i) not banking the aeroplane before reaching an altit…