VFR Met Minima

Flight Visibility and Distance from Clouds

A pilot-in-command must not operate an aircraft under VFR:

• when the flight visibility is less than that prescribed below; or 
• at a distance from clouds that is less than that prescribed below.

At and above 10,000ft AMSL

• Distance from cloud - 2km horizontally, 1000ft vertically
• Visibility - 8km

Below 10,000ft AMSL  

• Distance from cloud - 1000ft vertically, 2km horizontally
• Visibility - 5km

(1-2-5)

At or below 3000ft AMSL or 1000ft above the terrain, whichever is the higher

• Clear of cloud and in sight of the surface

Inside a Control Zone  

• Distance from cloud - 500ft vertically, 2km horizontally
• Visibility - 5km

(5-2-5)

Flight Visibility and Cloud Ceiling

A pilot-in-command must not perform a take-off or landing in an aircraft, or fly in the vicinity of an aerodrome, under VFR when the flight visibility, or the cloud ceiling, is less than: