\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cBefore taking off from, landing at or otherwise operating an aircraft at an aerodrome, the pilot-in-command of the aircraft shall be satisfied that<\/i><\/p>\n
(a) there is no likelihood of collision with another aircraft or a vehicle; and<\/i><\/p>\n
(b) the aerodrome is suitable for the intended operation.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
So, the AGN helps determine this.<\/p>\n
But then there is this…<\/h4>\n
If an air operator is conducting scheduled passenger services at the airport then they are bound by Part VII regulations in respect to the AGN limitations and any other limitation related to the airports\u2019 certification\u2026<\/b><\/p>\nSo we still weren\u2019t entirely sure\u2026<\/h4>\n
A non-scheduled flight (so a lot of BizAv sorts) doesn\u2019t fall under that particular regulation, but the AGN is considered a limitation and part of an airport\u2019s certification.<\/strong><\/p>\nGiven it is telling us whether (very simply) our aircraft will fit (ok, whether obstacle clearance, runway width, etc etc is suitable), then it doesn\u2019t sound like something you would really want to shrug at and say \u201cah well I reckon I still will\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nBut by the same token, AGNs are determined using the most critical aircraft currently doing scheduled operations<\/strong>. So if you\u2019re looking at a military base (that is available for civilian ops when needed) then that AGN might not \u201cwork\u201d on paper, but the airport may well work for you in reality.<\/p>\nThen came the answer<\/h4>\n
Hot off the press –\u00a0“It\u2019s the pilot-in-command\u2019s decision to verify if the aerodrome is capable of accommodating the AGN of the aircraft. The published AGN serves as a tool and aids in the decision making.”<\/strong><\/p>\nThere it is, clear as can be.<\/p>\n
You still have to make the decision!<\/strong><\/p>\nFor that, throw in some common sense and airmanship.<\/p>\n
On fire?<\/strong> All bets off, anywhere works.<\/p>\nTech stop of medical diversion?<\/strong> Probably not the wisest to plan to use an airport whose AGN falls below the category you require. Chances are if you mess up there are going to be some pretty big insurance and legal questions getting asked like \u201cthe AGN literally told you the obstacle clearance wasn\u2019t enough so why did you try?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nAnd remember it isn’t the whole picture.<\/h4>\n
Just\u00a0<\/em>using the AGN also isn’t a good idea because it doesn’t take into account all the info you need.<\/strong>\u00a0It doesn’t, for example, cover airport operating hours which is quite important if you\u2019re intending on using an airport because – if it ain\u2019t open, then that\u2019s going to be difficult.<\/p>\nThere is a whole load of information you\u2019ll need beyond just the AGN in order to determine suitability. The AGN is only one piece <\/i>of information (albeit it a piece filled with a lot of smaller pieces of information).<\/p>\nWe are happy to ask some more questions if you need.<\/h4>\n
We hadn\u2019t come across this before and this isn\u2019t a solid answer, so get in touch if this impacts your planning, and if you\u2019ve spotted an airport whose AGN is lower than your aircraft’s.\u00a0<\/strong>Especially\u00a0if you know for a fact your aircraft has operated into there perfectly safely.<\/p>\nSend us some specific details and we\u2019ll dig deeper! Email us at: news@ops.group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s an AGN, I hear you cry? Aviation Grid Network? Active Galactic Nucleus? Angry Goat…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":19367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2109,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-19053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-agn","9":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19053"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19368,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19053\/revisions\/19368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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