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Code · CFR · Title 14 — Aeronautics and Space · Part 121 — Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations · § 121.623

§ 121.623. Alternate airport for destination: IFR or over-the-top: Supplemental operations.

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(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this section, each person releasing an aircraft for operation under IFR or over-the-top shall list at least one alternate airport for each destination airport in the flight release.
(b)An alternate airport need not be designated for IFR or over-the-top operations where the aircraft carries enough fuel to meet the requirements of §§ 121.643 and 121.645 for flights outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia over routes without an available alternate airport for a particular airport of destination.
(c)For the purposes of paragraph
(a)of this section, the weather requirements at the alternate airport must meet the requirements of the certificate holder's operations specifications.
(d)No person may release a flight unless he lists each required alternate airport in the flight release. [Docket 6258, 29 FR 19222, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 1996]
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