According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China website on August 14, the Civil Aviation Administration of China's Flight Standards Department issued a notice to solicit opinions on the revised "Uncontrolled Airport Flight Operation Rules" consultation notice. It is reported that the document aims to promote the development of general aviation, cooperate with the reform of low-altitude airspace management, support emerging aviation consumption needs, and accelerate the transition of general aviation from "hot" to "flying". It is applicable to operators and pilots using aircraft within or around uncontrolled airports to implement flight operations in accordance with visual flight rules (hereinafter referred to as VFR) or instrument flight rules (hereinafter referred to as IFR). The draft for comments has added relevant content about flight commanders on the basis of the original document, mainly clarifying the applicability, access conditions, division of responsibilities, training requirements, qualification maintenance, exit mechanism, qualification recovery and assignment requirements of flight commanders. The deadline for feedback is August 28, 2024.
According to the draft for comments, the document regulates the flight operations of aircraft operators and pilots at uncontrolled airports by clarifying relevant requirements such as the "public transportation notification frequency" broadcasting procedure, to ensure that aircraft pilots can enhance their situational awareness of operations within or around uncontrolled airports by following these rules, and improve the safety, efficiency and flexibility of aircraft pilots' operations at uncontrolled airports without causing conflicts with existing airport operations. The main contents include general operations, special operations, operational risks, standard take-off and landing route procedures, radio broadcasts, flight commanders, etc. Among them, special operations include categories such as airplanes, helicopters, elementary aircraft and gliders, and the types of operations include commercial non-transportation, agricultural and forestry spraying operations, rotorcraft external load operations and flight training, etc. The following are the details of the draft for comments:
