Alternate airports

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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If the destination does not have an instrument approach you must pick an
alternate.

If the destination has an instrument approach, then you don't need an
alternate unless the the weather is worse than 2000' ceiling or 3SM vis
+/1hr of the ETA. (ie if the forecast is worse than VFR then you need an
alternate).

The above is not "the process for choosing an alternate". It's the process
for deciding whether you NEED an alternate.

You can't pick any airports as an alternate. Only a few airports qualify
as an alternate.

Wrong. Any airport qualifies, as long as the forecast is for VFR conditions
from the descent from MEA all the way to the ground. Beyond that, lots of
airports have instrument approaches and thus qualify as an alternate under
lower forecast conditions. Even in IFR conditions, it's far from true that
"only a few airports qualify as an alternate".

Pete