--- title: "SPO.POL.100 – SPO.POL.146: SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS (Part-SPO) — rule index · Avioverse" description: "SPO.POL.100 – SPO.POL.146, Regulation (EU) No 965/2012. During any phase of operation, the loading, the mass and the centre of gravity (CG) position of…" url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c" --- # SUBPART C: AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS ANNEX VIII (Part-SPO) · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · SPO.POL.100 – SPO.POL.146 On this page 1. ## [SPO.POL.100 Operating limitations – all aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-100) During any phase of operation, the loading, the mass and the centre of gravity (CG) position of the aircraft shall comply with any limitation specified… [AMC1 SPO.POL.100 Operating Limitations – all aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-100#amc1-spo-pol-100) 2. ## [SPO.POL.105 Mass and balance](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-105) The operator shall ensure that the mass and the CG of the aircraft have been established by actual weighing prior to the initial entry into service of… [GM1 SPO.POL.105 Mass and balance](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-105#gm1-spo-pol-105) [AMC1 SPO.POL.105(b) Mass and balance](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-105#amc1-spo-pol-105-b) 3. ## [SPO.POL.110 Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110) The operator shall establish a mass and balance system to determine for each flight or series of flights the following: [AMC1 SPO.POL.110(a)(1) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#amc1-spo-pol-110-a-1) [AMC1 SPO.POL.110(a)(2) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#amc1-spo-pol-110-a-2) [GM1 SPO.POL.110(a)(2) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#gm1-spo-pol-110-a-2) [AMC1 SPO.POL.110(a)(3) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#amc1-spo-pol-110-a-3) [GM1 SPO.POL.110(a)(3) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#gm1-spo-pol-110-a-3) [AMC1 SPO.POL.110(a)(4) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#amc1-spo-pol-110-a-4) [GM1 SPO.POL.110(b) Mass and balance system – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-110#gm1-spo-pol-110-b) 4. ## [SPO.POL.115 Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and noncommercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115) The operator shall establish mass and balance data and produce mass and balance documentation prior to each flight, or series of flights, specifying the… [AMC1 SPO.POL.115 Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#amc1-spo-pol-115) [GM1 SPO.POL.115 Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#gm1-spo-pol-115) [AMC1 SPO.POL.115(b) Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#amc1-spo-pol-115-b) [AMC2 SPO.POL.115(b) Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#amc2-spo-pol-115-b) [GM1 SPO.POL.115(b) Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#gm1-spo-pol-115-b) [GM2 SPO.POL.115(b) Mass and balance data and documentation – commercial operations with aeroplanes and helicopters and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-115#gm2-spo-pol-115-b) 5. ## [SPO.POL.116 Mass and balance data and documentation – alleviations](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-116) Notwithstanding SPO.POL.115(a)(5), the CG position may not need not be on the mass and balance documentation, if the load distribution is in accordance… 6. ## [SPO.POL.120 Performance – general](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-120) The pilot-in-command shall only operate the aircraft if the performance is adequate to comply with the applicable rules of the air and any other… 7. ## [SPO.POL.125 Take-off mass limitations – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-125) The operator shall ensure that: the mass of the aeroplane at the start of take-off shall not exceed the mass limitations: 8. ## [SPO.POL.130 Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130) When determining the maximum take-off mass, the pilot-in-command shall take the following into account: [AMC1 SPO.POL.130(a) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130#amc1-spo-pol-130-a) [AMC1 SPO.POL.130(a)(4) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130#amc1-spo-pol-130-a-4) [GM1 SPO.POL.130(a)(4) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130#gm1-spo-pol-130-a-4) [AMC1 SPO.POL.130(b)(2) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130#amc1-spo-pol-130-b-2) [GM1 SPO.POL.130(b)(2) Take-off – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-130#gm1-spo-pol-130-b-2) 9. ## [SPO.POL.135 En-route – one engine inoperative – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-135) The pilot-in-command shall ensure that in the event of an engine becoming inoperative at any point along the route, a multi-engined aeroplane shall be… 10. ## [SPO.POL.140 Landing – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-140) The pilot-in-command shall ensure that at any aerodrome or operating site, after clearing all obstacles in the approach path by a safe margin, the… [AMC1 SPO.POL.140 Landing – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-140#amc1-spo-pol-140) [AMC2 SPO.POL.140 Landing – complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-140#amc2-spo-pol-140) [GM1 SPO.POL.140 Landing — complex motor-powered aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-140#gm1-spo-pol-140) 11. ## [SPO.POL.145 Performance and operating criteria – aeroplanes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-145) When operating an aeroplane at a height of less than 150 m (500 ft) above a non-congested area, for operations of aeroplanes that are not able to sustain… [AMC1 SPO.POL.145(a) and (b) Performance and operating criteria – aeroplanes, and AMC1 SPO.POL.146(b)(1) and (2) Performance and operating criteria – helicopters](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-145#amc1-spo-pol-145-a) 12. ## [SPO.POL.146 Performance and operating criteria – helicopters](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-146) The pilot-in-command may operate an aircraft over congested areas provided that: [AMC1 SPO.POL.146(c) Performance and operating criteria – helicopters](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-146#amc1-spo-pol-146-c) [GM1 SPO.POL.146(c) Performance and operating criteria – helicopters](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-146#gm1-spo-pol-146-c) Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. 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