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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 125.365 

§ 125.365 Alternate airport for depar-

ture. 

(a) If the weather conditions at the 

airport of takeoff are below the landing 
minimums in the certificate holder’s 
operations specifications for that air-
port, no person may release an airplane 
from that airport unless the flight re-
lease specifies an alternate airport lo-
cated within the following distances 
from the airport of takeoff: 

(1) 

Airplanes having two engines. 

Not 

more than 1 hour from the departure 
airport at normal cruising speed in 
still air with one engine inoperative. 

(2) 

Airplanes having three or more en-

gines. 

Not more than 2 hours from the 

departure airport at normal cruising 
speed in still air with one engine inop-
erative. 

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) 

of this section, the alternate airport 
weather conditions must meet the re-
quirements of the certificate holder’s 
operations specifications. 

(c) No person may release an airplane 

from an airport unless that person lists 
each required alternate airport in the 
flight release. 

§ 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.