Departure procedure categories. Flying Safety | September 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Air Force, Safety Agency. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Recently, the Air Force Advanced Instrument School (AIS) has received several questions regarding category restrictions listed as part of the IFR Departure Procedures (DPs) in the "Trouble T" section of the approach books.

For example, take a look at the IFR DP above for Albuquerque International Sunport, NM (this can be found in the "Trouble T" section of the DoD High and Low Vol-6). Notice it lists different "see and avoid" weather minimums for CATs A, B and C, D, E aircraft with associated climb gradient minimums for those categories. The general question is, ...

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