Aircraft Operations. Volume II - Construction of Visual and Instrument ...

Part I — Section 3, Chapter 3 I-3-3-3
3.2.5.2 Areas associated with a navigation aid
The areas associated with a navigation aid other than a localizer consist of appropriate portions of the trapezoids
specified in Part II, Section 2, Chapters 4 and 6. The general principle of secondary areas is applied.
3.3 TURNING DEPARTURES
3.3.1 General
3.3.1.1 A departure incorporating a turn of more than 15° is a turning departure. Turns may be specified at an
altitude/height, or at a fix or at a facility.
3.3.1.2 Straight flight is assumed until reaching a height of at least 120 m (394 ft) (Cat H, 90 m (295 ft)) above
the elevation of the DER. No provision is made for turning departures which require a turn below 120 m (394 ft)
(Cat H, 90 m (295 ft)) above the elevation of the DER. Where the location and/or height of obstacles makes it
impossible to construct turning departures which satisfy the minimum turn height criterion, departure procedures
should be developed on a local basis in consultation with the operators concerned.
3.3.1.3 The areas considered in the design of turning departures are defined as:
a) the turn initiation area; and
b) the turn area.
The turn initiation area is an area within which the aircraft conducts a straight climb in order to reach the MOC
required prior to the beginning of a turn (90 m (295 ft) (Cat H, 80 m (265 ft)). The turn area is the area in which the
aircraft is considered to be turning.
3.3.2 Turn initiation area
3.3.2.1 For aeroplanes, the turn initiation area starts at a point 600 m from the start of runway. For helicopters the
turn initiation area starts at the beginning of the area available for runway or the start of runway. From the start of the
turn initiation area to the DER, the area is 300 m wide (Cat H, 90 m).
3.3.2.2 Where the departure chart prohibits turns prior to the DER the turn initiation area starts at the DER. For
helicopters, an earliest limit for a turning departure may be located at an appropriate position along the runway/FATO.
3.3.2.3 The turn initiation area terminates at the TP. The TP may be defined by:
a) the earliest fix tolerance of the TP fix (turn at designated turn point); or
b) the position at which the PDG reaches the specified turn altitude/height.
3.3.2.4 The TP may be located no closer to the DER than the distance required at the PDG to reach the higher of
120 m (394 ft) (Cat H, 90 m (295 ft)) or the specified turn altitude/height. The turn initiation area is identical to the area
associated with a straight departure with no track guidance as described in 3.2.4, “Straight departure without track
guidance.”
(See Figures I-3-3-9 and I-3-3-10.)
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