37.44 Air Operations Meteorological Requirements and Restrictions

37.44.2 State the CAR Part 135 requirements for persons performing an air operation to use meteorological information.

135.153 Meteorological information

(a) A person performing an air operation under VFR must plan, perform, and control the flight using meteorological information of a sufficient reliability and accuracy provided from a source considered acceptable to the operator and the pilot-in-command.

(b) A person performing an air transport operation under IFR must plan, perform, and control the flight using meteorological information provided for aviation purposes by—

• (1) subject to paragraph (c), for a flight sector originating within New Zealand, the holder of an aviation meteorological service organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 174; or
• (2) for a sector originating from an aerodrome outside New Zealand, an aviation meteorological service organisation that–
  • (i) meets a standard equivalent to that specified by Part 174; and
  • (ii) is authorised by an ICAO Contracting State to provide aviation meteorological information.