8-9-4. LATERAL SEPARATION
In accordance with Chapter 8, Offshore/Oceanic Procedures, Section 4, Lateral Separation, apply the following:
- Within areas where Required Navigation Performance separation and procedures are authorized, apply 50
NM to RNP 4 or RNP 10 approved aircraft.
- Apply 23NM to approved aircraft (at a m inimum, RNP4, RCP240, and RSP180) operating within airspace
designated for 23 NM lateral separation when direct controller/pilot communications via voice or
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), and the required ADS-C contracts are maintained and monitored
by an automated flight data processor (e.g., ATOP).
- Apply 100 NM to aircraft not covered by subparagraphs a and b.