Peter Duniho wrote:
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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But you have to first decide whether you need an alternate before
going
to the trouble of picking one.

So?

Any airport does not qualify. Most of those airports have "A-NA" on
the
chart, which stands for "Alternate - Not Authorized".

FAR 91.169 doesn't say anything about whether an alternate is
authorized or
not. ANY airport is authorized, as long as VFR conditions from MEA
to
landing are forecast.

OK, I may show my ignorance here. Isn't the approach procedures
constitute FAR 97? If a chart says 'Alternate Not Authorized', does it
not effectively disallow that airport from being listed as an
alternate?




The thread was a follow-up to 'flying to hamvention' thread. If you
look
at the Dayton area, there aren't any airports within a short
distance of
DAY that does not have an "A-NA" on it.

Ideally, an alternate would not be a short distance from your
destination
anyway. After all, if the weather's too poor for landing at your
destination, often it will be at a nearby airport as well.

I agree with you on that. Alternate should be selected where the wx is
likely to be significantly different.