Can you use an airport with no instrument approach as an alternate?

This is the ol' 1-2-3 rule. There are a couple of gotchas. If your destination has no approach, an alternate is always required. Curiously, though, the alternate need not have an instrument approach if the weather allows a descent from MEA under basic VFR, assuming the airport isn't otherwise disqualified.



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There's no takeoff clearance needed without a tower, but until you get the OK, the release, from approach, you can't depart IFR. So you'll then readback that clearance and they'll say “Cessna 9334H readback correct advise ready for departure.” And they may ask you which runway you're going to depart from.

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Ground-based navigation equipment is not required for en route IFR RNAV operations when using GPS WAAS navigation systems. To use GPS for IFRapproaches, you must use GPS avionics that are properly approved and installed, and all approach procedures to be flown must be retrievable from the airborne navigation database.

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1 hour before to 1 hour after your ETA (at the listed destination), the ceiling will be at least 2,000' AGL, and the visibility will be at least 3 SM. It's called the 1-2-3 rule; this is the easiest way to remember this section.

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Airports with alternate minimums that are not authorized are denoted on the approach chart with the “ ” designation and are not listed in this section. NA - means alternate minimums are not authorized due to unmonitored facility, absence of weather reporting service, or lack of adequate navigation coverage.

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ILS Categories ILS's aren't available at all airports and some airports have other navigation aids available to help guide the aircraft.

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If the airport of departure and arrival, and the route flown, are all in uncontrolled airspace, no ATC contact is needed. Your location will determine whether or not you need to contact Air Traffic Control. If you are within an airport traffic area that has a control tower, you'll need to contact atc.

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These are the standard rules about how early to arrive at the airport: – For domestic flights, plan to arrive at the airport 2 hours early. – For international flights, plan to arrive at the airport 3 hours early. In most cases, that should give you plenty of time to make your way to the gate.

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According to the Department of Transportation (DOT), there are tarmac delay rules that US airlines must follow: Carriers are not allowed to hold a domestic flight on the tarmac for more than three hours and an international flight for more than four hours, barring a couple of exceptions (like if the pilot deems it's ...

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14 CFR 91.169 (b) (2) (i) states that an alternate airport is not required if “for at least 1 hour before and for 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival the ceiling will be at least 2000 feet above the airport elevation and the visibility will be at least 3 statute miles.” To help remember those conditions of the ...

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Basically, to qualify as an alternate airport, the alternate must have certain forecast weather conditions (600-2 for precision approach, 800-2 for non-precision.) These are the alternate minimums.

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Therefore, a pilot may file an IFR flight plan to an airpo1t without an instrument approach procedure, and that flight plan must include th. e information as required by§ 91.169(a)(l) & (2).

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