Order 7110.65P, Air Traffic Control, with changes

7110.65P 2/19/04NOTE−Clear an aircraft to land at an airport with an operatingcontrol tower, traffic permitting, if the pilot reports theairport in sight. The pilot is responsible to continue to theairport or exit the surface area. 14 CFR Section 91.157prohibits VFR aircraft (other than helicopters) fromlanding at any airport within a surface area when flightvisibility is less than 1 mile. A pilot could inadvertentlyencounter conditions that are below SVFR minimums afterentering a surface area due to rapidly changing weather.The pilot is best suited to determine the action to be takensince pilots operating under SVFR between sunrise andsunset are not required to be instrument rated, and thepossibility exists that flight visibility may not be the sameas ground visibility. 14 CFR Section 91.3 authorizes a pilotencountering an inflight emergency requiring immediateaction to deviate from any rule of 14 CFR Part 91 to theextent required to meet that emergency. Flight into adverseweather conditions may require the pilot to execute theemergency authority granted in 14 CFR Section 91.3 andcontinue inbound to land.REFERENCE−FAAO 7110.65, Operational Priority, Para 2−1−4.7−5−4Special VFR (SVFR)