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Cold Temperature Restricted Airports

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The FAA publishes a list of "Cold Temperature Restricted Airports" (270) each year.

Where can I find an International list, if there is one ?

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  1. John D Collins on Oct 06, 2022

    The list of cold temperature airports is only provided in the US. In Canada, all airports are cold temperature and Canada has its own similar method of doing cold temperature corrections. I don’t think there is an international list or standard way of doing cold temperature correction. According to Skybrary, they refer to the country published ICAO AIP for that country.

    “In accordance with Annex 15, Appendix 1 (Contents of Aeronautical Information Publication), States should publish in Section GEN 3.3.5, “The criteria used to determine minimum flight altitudes”. If nothing is published, it should be assumed that no corrections have been applied by the State.”

    The reason that the US identifies some airports as cold temperature airports is that most airports in the US do not need cold temperature correction according to historical data.

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