§ 121.621. Alternate airport for destination: Flag operations.
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/us/cfr/t14/s§ 121.621·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
(a)No person may dispatch an airplane under IFR or over-the-top unless he lists at least one alternate airport for each destination airport in the dispatch release, unless—
(1)The flight is scheduled for not more than 6 hours and, for at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival at the destination airport, the appropriate weather reports or forecasts, or any combination of them, indicate the ceiling will be:
(i)At least 1,500 feet above the lowest circling MDA, if a circling approach is required and authorized for that airport; or
(ii)At least 1,500 feet above the lowest published instrument approach minimum or 2,000 feet above the airport elevation, whichever is greater; and
(iii)The visibility at that airport will be at least 3 miles, or 2 miles more than the lowest applicable visibility minimums, whichever is greater, for the instrument approach procedures to be used at the destination airport; or
(2)The flight is over a route approved without an available alternate airport for a particular destination airport and the airplane has enough fuel to meet the requirements of § 121.641(b) or § 121.645(c).
(b)For the purposes of paragraph
(a)of this section, the weather conditions at the alternate airport must meet the requirements of the certificate holder's operations specifications.
(c)No person may dispatch a flight unless he lists each required alternate airport in the dispatch release. [Docket 6258, 29 FR 19222, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-159, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980; Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 1996]
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§ 121.621
Alternate airport for destination: Flag operations.
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