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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 125.367 

§ 125.367

Alternate airport for destina-

tion: IFR or over-the-top. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, each person releas-
ing an airplane 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 op-
erations where the airplane carries 
enough fuel to meet the requirements 
of §§ 125.375 and 125.377 for flights out-
side the 48 conterminous 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 require-
ments at the alternate airport must 
meet the requirements of the opera-
tor’s operations specifications. 

(d) No person may release a flight un-

less that person lists each required al-
ternate airport in the flight release. 

§ 125.369

Alternate airport weather 

minimums. 

No person may list an airport as an 

alternate airport in the flight release 
unless the appropriate weather reports 
or forecasts, or any combination there-
of, indicate that the weather condi-
tions will be at or above the alternate 
weather minimums specified in the cer-
tificate holder’s operations specifica-
tions for that airport when the flight 
arrives. 

§ 125.371

Continuing flight in unsafe 

conditions. 

(a) No pilot in command may allow a 

flight to continue toward any airport 
to which it has been released if, in the 
opinion of the pilot in command, the 
flight cannot be completed safely, un-
less, in the opinion of the pilot in com-
mand, there is no safer procedure. In 
that event, continuation toward that 
airport is an emergency situation. 

§ 125.373

Original flight release or 

amendment of flight release. 

(a) A certificate holder may specify 

any airport authorized for the type of 
airplane as a destination for the pur-
pose of original release. 

(b) No person may allow a flight to 

continue to an airport to which it has 

been released unless the weather condi-
tions at an alternate airport that was 
specified in the flight release are fore-
cast to be at or above the alternate 
minimums specified in the operations 
specifications for that airport at the 
time the airplane would arrive at the 
alternate airport. However, the flight 
release may be amended en route to in-
clude any alternate airport that is 
within the fuel range of the airplane as 
specified in § 125.375 or § 125.377. 

(c) No person may change an original 

destination or alternate airport that is 
specified in the original flight release 
to another airport while the airplane is 
en route unless the other airport is au-
thorized for that type of airplane. 

(d) Each person who amends a flight 

release en route shall record that 
amendment. 

§ 125.375

Fuel supply: Nonturbine and 

turbopropeller-powered airplanes. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, no person may re-
lease for flight or take off a nonturbine 
or turbopropeller-powered airplane un-
less, considering the wind and other 
weather conditions expected, it has 
enough fuel— 

(1) To fly to and land at the airport 

to which it is released; 

(2) Thereafter, to fly to and land at 

the most distant alternate airport 
specified in the flight release; and 

(3) Thereafter, to fly for 45 minutes 

at normal crusing fuel consumption. 

(b) If the airplane is released for any 

flight other than from one point in the 
conterminous United States to another 
point in the conterminous United 
States, it must carry enough fuel to 
meet the requirements of paragraphs 
(a) (1) and (2) of this section and there-
after fly for 30 minutes plus 15 percent 
of the total time required to fly at nor-
mal cruising fuel consumption to the 
airports specified in paragraphs (a) (1) 
and (2) of this section, or fly for 90 min-
utes at normal cruising fuel consump-
tion, whichever is less. 

(c) No person may release a nontur-

bine or turbopropeller-powered air-
plane to an airport for which an alter-
nate is not specified under § 125.367(b) 
unless it has enough fuel, considering 

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