"Mark T. Dame" wrote in message
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While I suppose that's possible, to be VFR, the ceiling at the airport
should be at least a 1,000' (500' above the ground and 500' below the
clouds). All the non-precision approaches I'm familiar with have an MDA
lower than that.


A ceiling less 1000 feet puts the field below VFR minimums only if it's in a
surface area. Most uncontrolled fields are in Class G airspace where VFR
minimums for airplanes are just one mile visibility and clear of clouds.



FAR 91.113(g) only says that the aircraft on final has the right of way.
It doesn't say anything about the pattern.


Correct, "pattern" does not appear anywhere in the right-of-way rules.



It also doesn't say anything
about other aircraft having to wait for a guy on a ten mile final to land
before they can.


Correct. Right-of-way should not be an issue in that case.



Look at it this way. If you are in a car at a stop sign at an
intersection. The crossing street has no stop sign. Cars on the crossing
street have the right of way over cars at the stop sign. If you see a car
coming a half a mile away, you don't have to wait for him. If he's 100'
away, you do.

Right of way only comes into play for conflict resolution. If there is no
conflict, there's no right of way decision to make.


Correct. I've used similar scenarios myself to explain the right-of-way
rule.