135.225 Landing distance - wet and contaminated runways

• (a) Each holder of an air operator certificate shall ensure that, for each aeroplane it operates--
  • (1) when the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or a combination of them, indicate that the runway at the estimated time of arrival of the aeroplane may be wet, the landing distance available is at least 115% of the landing distance required by 135.223; and
  • (2) when the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or a combination of them, indicate that the runway at the estimated time of arrival of the aeroplane may be contaminated, the landing distance available is at least--
    • (i) the landing distance required by paragraph (a)(1); or
    • (ii) the landing distance determined in accordance with contaminated landing distance data.
• (b) A landing distance on a wet runway shorter than that required by paragraph (a)(1), but not less than that required by 135.223, may be used if data specifies a shorter landing distance on wet runways.