If your destination airport has a ceiling less than 3000 ft and/or a visibility less than 3 SM, you need to file for an Alternate airport.

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If your destination airport has a ceiling less than 3000 ft and/or a visibility less than 3 SM, you need to file for an Alternate airport.

When planning an IFR flight, you must have a backup landing option if the destination’s weather isn’t good enough to land there. If the forecast ceiling at the destination is less than 3,000 feet or the visibility is less than 3 statute miles, the destination may not meet safe landing minima, so you are required to designate an Alternate airport. This gives you a planned place to land if conditions at the destination don’t improve. The other options don’t fit the planning requirement here—holding patterns are for delaying in flight, and a weather advisory isn’t the action you take to meet this rule.

When planning an IFR flight, you must have a backup landing option if the destination’s weather isn’t good enough to land there. If the forecast ceiling at the destination is less than 3,000 feet or the visibility is less than 3 statute miles, the destination may not meet safe landing minima, so you are required to designate an Alternate airport. This gives you a planned place to land if conditions at the destination don’t improve. The other options don’t fit the planning requirement here—holding patterns are for delaying in flight, and a weather advisory isn’t the action you take to meet this rule.

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