VMC

Weather

Visual meteorological conditions

Weather good enough to fly by looking outside: visibility and distance from cloud at or above the minima for the airspace you are in. In controlled airspace below 10,000 ft this means at least 5 km visibility and staying 1,500 m horizontally and 1,000 ft vertically clear of cloud.

VFR flight is only allowed in VMC. VMC describes the weather, VFR the rules you fly under.

Also known as

visual meteorological conditions

See also

IMC VFR Visibility Ceiling

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