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title: "SPA.VEMS.125 Performance requirements for VEMS operations — Part-SPA · Avioverse"
description: "VCA used for VEMS operations shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance requirements established in point UAM.POL.VCA.100."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-o/spa-vems-125"
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# SPA.VEMS.125 Performance requirements for VEMS operations

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

IR Implementing rule

## SPA.VEMS.125 Performance requirements for VEMS operations

VCA used for VEMS operations shall be operated in accordance with the applicable performance requirements established in point UAM.POL.VCA.100.

IR · SPA.VEMS.125 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 SPA.VEMS.125 Performance requirements for VEMS operations

[VEMS OPERATING SITE](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/vems-operating-site) DIMENSIONS AND FEATURES

(a) A non-pre-surveyed VEMS operating site, when selected from the air, should have a minimum dimension of at least 2 × D.

The operator may establish alternative criteria for non-pre-surveyed VEMS operating sites, when selected from the air, together with operating procedures and training, which mitigate the risks identified in the operator’s risk assessment to a level as low as reasonably practicable. In this case, the operator may choose not to define minimum site dimensions.

(b) A pre-surveyed VEMS operating site should have a minimum dimension of at least 2 × D.

(c) The VEMS operating site features should enable the VCA to adequately clear all obstructions.

AMC · AMC1 SPA.VEMS.125 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SPA.VEMS.125 Performance requirements for VEMS operations

LEVEL OF RISK AS LOW AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE

When landing at a [VEMS operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/vems-operating-site) where additional controls and mitigation measures are not economically or reasonably practicable, in particular after LDP, the associated risk is considered as low as reasonably practicable.

GM · GM1 SPA.VEMS.125 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART O: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OPERATIONS WITH MANNED VTOL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT (VEMS)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-o)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.