Extended Diversion Time Operations

Presented by Mark Sinclair, CASA

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 Extended Diversion Time Operations
• Applies to all turbine-engine aircraft
• Flight time - 1 engine inoperative cruise
speed - from point on route to adequate
aerodrome is > threshold time.
• Prior ETOPS
• CAO 82.0 amended - new EDTO rules

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EDTO vs ETOPS
• EDTO
• Affects all aircraft
• Alternates Aerodromes
• Threshold 90 mins
• Range circles 410nm - 60mins, 800nm-120mins.
• Same weather holding requirements
• Window of suitability buffer not applicable

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EDTO Rules

• EDTO operations rules provided under

• ICAO annex 6
• CAO 82.0

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Aeroplane Eligibility for EDTO
• EDTO approval eligible - must have EDTO
type design approval in:
• Flight Manual or supp or
• Type Cert. Data Sheet or Supp Type Cert.

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Threshold Time
• More than 19 passengers or max payload
capacity exceeds 3410kg:
• twin engine – 90 minutes; or
• more than 2 engines – 180 mins

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Route Distance Limitations
• Piston-engined aeroplanes
• MTOW exceeds 5700 Kg
• Engaged in charter or regular public transport
• Limited route
• no point > 60 mins
• 1 eng inoperative cruise speed
• from adequate aerodrome

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Piston > 5700 Kg 60 min

EDTO
Turbine < 19 passengers and > 5700 Kg 180 min

EDTO (120, 180, 240)

<90 min
60 min
<75 min
Twin Turbine > 19 pax
or > 3410 Kg payload

EDTO
Three, Four Turbine Engine 180 min
(Passenger Operations Only)
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Adequate Aerodrome
• CAO 82.0
• Physical requirements
• Provides facilities and services for type
• meteorological forecasts
• authorised instrument approach

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EDTO Alternate Aerodrome
• adequate aerodrome listed in AOC holder’s
EDTO safety operational specifications
• inside Australian territory
• outside Australian territory

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ETP Critical Fuel Scenario
• CAO 82.0 s6.1
• EDTO flight cannot depart unless fuelled to
cover most limiting scenario
• Depressurisation 2 engines
• Depressurisation 1 engine
• Failure 1 engine

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Calculate ETP Critical Fuel Scenario
• ID most limiting scenario then include:
• Fuel burn-off
• 15 minutes hold at 1500ft
• Fuel for and instrument approach and landing
• 5% wind speed factor
• 5% PDA
• Add fuel required by M.E.L / enroute icing

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Earliest & Latest Times of Arrival
• Earliest ETA
• add to ETD, interval dep point to ETP, estimate
elapsed time from critical point to EDTO
Alternate Aerodrome.
• Latest ETA
• add to ETD, interval dep point to ETP, estimate
elapsed time from that point back to EDTO
Alternate Aerodrome.
• No 30 min buffers as with ETOPs
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Window of Suitability
• time between earliest possible ETA and
latest possible ETA, for specific EDTO
Alternate Aerodromes.
• forecast weather conditions, must meet
EDTO Dispatch Minima requirements for
entire period.
• No 30min buffer in calculation

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EDTO Dispatch Minimas
• CAO82.0 Appendix 5 .Table 1
• New EDTO dispatch minima adds a buffer
based on:
• accuracy of approach aid
• ability to control aircraft
• reliability of approach aid
• and crew workload
• Note: only ILS precision approach

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