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title: "SPO.POL.120 Performance – general — Part-SPO · Avioverse"
description: "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…"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spo/subpart-c/spo-pol-120"
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# SPO.POL.120 Performance – general

ANNEX VIII (Part-SPO) · 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

## SPO.POL.120 Performance – general

The pilot-in-command shall only operate the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) if the performance is adequate to comply with the applicable [rules of the air](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/rules-of-the-air) and any other restrictions applicable to the flight, the airspace or the aerodromes or operating sites used, taking into account the charting accuracy of any charts and maps used.

IR · SPO.POL.120 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) No 379/2014 · 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-spo/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.