Clearance Limit (UK)
Tags: International, UK
Clearance Limit (UK) is an Aviation Term defined as: The point to which an aircraft is granted an air traffic control clearance (ICAO).
Clearance limit. The fix, point, or location to which an aircraft is cleared when issued an air traffic clearance.
Clearance on request. An IFR clearance not yet received after filing a flight plan.
C = clearance limit
C = clearance limit is 99% of the time the destination airport. Sometimes a "paper stop" is used in
non-radar operations that will delay you in a holding patterns which just affects the clearance limit not
the route.
R = route ...
VFR (Visual Flight Rules) Regulations governing a flight for which no IFR flight plan is in effect. There are minimum visibility and cloud clearance limits for operating under VFR, but it may be day or night.
EXPECT FURTHER CLEARANCE (TIME)- The time a pilot can expect to receive clearance beyond a clearance limit.
lowest height above the elevation of the runway threshold or above aerodrome elevation used to establish compliance with obstacle clearance criteria in an instrument approach. Also OCA, obstacle clearance altitude, and OCL, obstacle clearance limit.
 See also: Pilot, Runway, Instrument approach, Clearance, Altitude
  
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