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title: "SERA.3105 Minimum heights — ANNEX: Rules of the Air, SERA · Avioverse"
description: "Except when necessary for take-off or landing, or except by permission from the competent authority, aircraft shall not be flown over the congested areas…"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-3/sera-3105"
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# SERA.3105 Minimum heights

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## SERA.3105 Minimum heights

Except when necessary for take-off or landing, or except by permission from the [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority), [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) shall not be flown over the congested areas of cities, towns or settlements or over an open-air assembly of persons, unless at such a [height](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/height) as will permit, in the event of an emergency arising, a landing to be made without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface. The minimum heights for [VFR](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/vfr) flights shall be those specified in SERA.5005(f) and minimum levels for [IFR](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/ifr) flights shall be those specified in SERA.5015(b).

IR · SERA.3105 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ​Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SERA.3105 Minimum heights

MINIMUM HEIGHTS ESTABLISHED BY THE [COMPETENT AUTHORITY](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority) ABOVE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM HEIGHTS In cases where it is considered that the minimum heights specified in SERA.5005 and SERA.5015 are not sufficient, the competent authority may establish appropriate structures, such as controlled, restricted or prohibited airspace, and define specific conditions through national arrangements. In all cases, the related [Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeronautical-information-publication) and charts should be made easy to comprehend for airspace users.

GM · GM1 SERA.3105 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2013/013/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM2 SERA.3105 Minimum heights

MINIMUM HEIGHTS PERMITTED BY THE [COMPETENT AUTHORITY](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority) BELOW THE REQUIRED MINIMUM HEIGHTS The permission from the competent authority to fly at lower levels than those stipulated in SERA.5005(f) and SERA.5015(b) may be granted either as a general exception for unlimited number of cases or for a specific flight upon specific request. The competent authority is responsible for ensuring that the [level](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/level) of safety resulting from such permission is acceptable.

GM · GM2 SERA.3105 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2013/013/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM3 SERA.3105 Minimum heights

TERMS ‘TAKE-OFF’ AND ‘LANDING’

In the context of point SERA.3105, the terms ‘take-off’ and ‘landing’ include operations such as touch-and-go, go-around or missed approach performed at an [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) or [operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/operating-site) for which the necessary [obstacle](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/obstacle) clearance assessment was conducted and approved by the relevant [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority)(ies).

GM · GM3 SERA.3105 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2024/007/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in SECTION 3 General rules and collision avoidance](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-3)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, 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.