Document Information
- Type
- Notice
- Number
- 8900.690
- Title
- Approval of Offshore Standard Approach Procedures, Airborne Radar Approaches, and Helicopter En Route Descent Areas
- Date issued
- 2024-03-22
- Status
- Active
- Office of Primary Responsibility
- AFS-400
- Access restriction
- Public
- Order purpose statement
This notice announces new guidance for approval of Offshore Standard Approach Procedures (OSAP), Airborne Radar Approaches (ARA), and Helicopter En Route Descent Areas (HEDA) as specified in Advisory Circular (AC) 90-80, Approval of Offshore Standard Approach Procedures, Airborne Radar Approaches, and Helicopter En Route Descent Areas. The amendment to weather reporting requirements allows for expanded weather boxes and increased instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. It also provides acceptable methods for obtaining operational approval and compliance with the new requirements by operators conducting offshore instrument operations authorized in Operations Specification (OpSpec)/Management Specification (MSpec)/Letter of Authorization (LOA) H104, Helicopter Offshore Instrument Operations: Offshore Standard Approach Procedure (OSAP), Airborne Radar Approach (ARA), and Helicopter En Route Descent Area (HEDA) Operations, under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 91, 91 subpart K (part 91K), and 135.
- Content
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- N 8900.690 (PDF)
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