# Visual Meteorological Conditions

**Visual meteorological conditions (VMC)** are required in order to be able to fly under visual flight rules (VFR). If at least one of the minimum values is not met, VFR flights are no longer permitted or must land immediately. In this case, [SVFR ](https://knowledgebase.vatsim-germany.org/books/vfr-AeY/page/special-vfr-svfr "Special VFR (SVFR)")can be used in control zones under certain circumstances.

<table class="wikitable align-center" id="bkmrk-h%C3%B6he-luftraum-mind.-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 88.1482%; height: 217.969px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); height: 29.7969px;">**Level**</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); height: 29.7969px;">**Airspace**</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); height: 29.7969px;">**Minimim Flight visibility**</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(194, 224, 244); height: 29.7969px;">**Minimum distance to clouds**</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 29.7969px;">FL100 +</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 29.7969px;">all</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 29.7969px;">8 km</td><td rowspan="3" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; height: 106.188px;">horizontally 1.5 km

&amp; vertically 1000ft

</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">FL100 -

3000ft (1000ft AGL)

</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">all</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">5 km</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; height: 76.3907px;">3000ft (1000ft AGL)

\- GND

</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 29.7969px;">A B C D E</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 29.7969px;">5 km</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">G</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">5 km

&amp; Erdsicht

</td><td style="width: 25.072%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 46.5938px;">clear of clouds</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td colspan="4" style="width: 100.288%; border-color: rgb(149, 165, 166); border-style: solid; vertical-align: middle; height: 35.3906px;">in [control zones](https://knowledgebase.vatsim-germany.org/books/air-law/page/control-zone-d-ctr "Kontrollzone (D-CTR)") additionally 5 km ground visibility and ceiling at or above 1.500ft</td></tr></tbody></table>