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title: "NCC.POL.120 Take-off mass limitations – aeroplanes — Part-NCC · Avioverse"
description: "The operator shall ensure that: the mass of the aeroplane at the start of take-off shall not exceed the mass limitations:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-ncc/subpart-c/ncc-pol-120"
---

# NCC.POL.120 Take-off mass limitations – aeroplanes

ANNEX VI (Part-NCC) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-operations) · [EUR-Lex 2012/965 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0965)

IR Implementing rule

## NCC.POL.120 Take-off mass limitations – aeroplanes

The operator shall ensure that:

(a) the mass of the [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) at the start of take-off shall not exceed the mass limitations:

(1) at take-off as required in NCC.POL.125;

(2) en-route with one engine inoperative (OEI) as required in NCC.POL.130; and

(3) at landing as required in NCC.POL.135;

allowing for expected reductions in mass as the flight proceeds and for fuel jettisoning;

(b) the mass at the start of take-off shall never exceed the maximum [take-off mass](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/take-off-mass) specified in the AFM for the pressure altitude appropriate to the elevation of the aerodrome or [operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/operating-site), and if used as a parameter to determine the maximum take-off mass, any other local atmospheric condition; and

(c) the estimated mass for the expected time of landing at the aerodrome or operating site of intended landing and at any destination [alternate aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/alternate-aerodrome) shall never exceed the maximum landing mass specified in the AFM for the pressure altitude appropriate to the elevation of those aerodromes or operating sites, and if used as a parameter to determine the maximum landing mass, any other local atmospheric condition.

IR · NCC.POL.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 800/2013 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-ncc/subpart-c)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.