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Annex 2 — Rules of the Air

Annex: SARPs and associated material

The shared rules supporting aircraft movement, including general rules, visual flight rules and instrument flight rules.

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This introductory description is based on the inspected 2021 ICAO catalogue entry. It is not a paragraph-level interpretation of the local PDF.

Catalogue citation: Annex 2, entry beginning at line 476 in the local text edition of the ICAO Products and Services Catalogue 2021.

Historical catalogue edition: 10th edition, July 2005.

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