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title: "SPO.OP.113 Aerodrome operating minima – onshore circling operations with helicopters — Part-SPO · Avioverse"
description: "The MDH for an onshore circling operation with helicopters shall not be lower than 250 ft and the meteorological visibility not less than 800 m."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-b/spo-op-113"
---

# SPO.OP.113 Aerodrome operating minima – onshore circling operations with helicopters

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

IR Implementing rule

## SPO.OP.113 Aerodrome operating minima – onshore circling operations with helicopters

The MDH for an onshore [circling](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/circling) operation with helicopters shall not be lower than 250 ft and the meteorological visibility not less than 800 m.

IR · SPO.OP.113 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART B: OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-b)

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.