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The Civil Aviation (Rules of the Air) Regulations, 2018
33. Operations on or in the vicinity of a controlled aerodrome
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
33. Operations on or in the vicinity of a controlled aerodrome
(1)A person shall not operate an aircraft to, from, through, or on an aerodrome having an operational control tower unless two-way communication is maintained between that person and the control tower.(2)When arriving at an aerodrome, a pilot-in-command shall establish communications required by subregulation (1), prior to four nautical miles from the aerodrome, when operating from the surface up to and including 2,500 feet.(3)When departing from an aerodrome, a pilot-in-command shall establish communications with the control tower prior to taxi.(4)A person shall not at any aerodrome with an operating control tower, operate an aircraft on a runway or taxiway or take-off or land an aircraft, unless an appropriate clearance has been received from the air traffic control unit.(5)A clearance to—(a)the take-off runway—(i)is not a clearance to cross or taxi on to that runway; and(ii)does not authorize the pilot-in-command to cross other runways during the taxi to the assigned runway;(b)any other point on the aerodrome is a clearance to cross all runways that intersect the taxi route to the assigned point.(6)If the radio fails or two-way communication is lost, the pilot- in-command may continue on visual flight rules operation and land if—(a)the weather conditions are at or above basic visual flight rules minimums; and(b)clearance to land is received by light signals.(7)During instrument flight rules operations, the two-way communications failure procedures prescribed in Regulation 45 shall apply.