Martymccasland
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Are alternate published minimums always higher?
'Asking what I think is a simple question: Are alternate approach published minimums always higher than the otherwise standard minimums. i.e. instead of an ILS alternate min being 600-2, will it ever have a published alternate of 500-2 -- or will it always be higher than the 600-2 standard?
It makes sense for the published alt minimums to always be higher, but I can't find any text definitely saying that... Also, in the 10-12 airports I checked, every one had published alt minimums higher than standard.
Just curious if that's the case 100% of the time -- or if there's strange cases where it doesn't hold-up. i.e. Alaska with huge potential distances to the alternate.
'Asking what I think is a simple question: Are alternate approach published minimums always higher than the otherwise standard minimums. i.e. instead of an ILS alternate min being 600-2, will it ever have a published alternate of 500-2 -- or will it always be higher than the 600-2 standard?
It makes sense for the published alt minimums to always be higher, but I can't find any text definitely saying that... Also, in the 10-12 airports I checked, every one had published alt minimums higher than standard.
Just curious if that's the case 100% of the time -- or if there's strange cases where it doesn't hold-up. i.e. Alaska with huge potential distances to the alternate.
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