IFR QuizSeptember 2023 QuizBy estaff - Published: August 23, 20230PrintEmailFacebookTwitter September 2023Your alternate airport has an LPV approach. Which alternate minimums apply? a. 600-2 b. 700-2 c. 800-2 d. 1000-3An on the approach chart means a. the approach has nonstandard alternate minimums. b. the airport has nonstandard alternate minimums. c. you may not fly the approach if the weather is below alternate minimums. d. you cannot use the airport as an alternate.You can plan to use a non-WAAS GPS navigator to fly a GPS approach at the destination or alternate, but not both. a. True b. FalseYou are WAAS-equipped. How does WAAS affect your alternate planning? a. It’s the same as for non-WAAS aircraft. b. Flight plan an LPV approach. c. Plan an LNAV, circling minimums, or a GPS overlay approach. d. Plan to use any WAAS-based procedure.One of several destination approaches is marked . This means that a. nonstandard minimums apply. b. special authorization is required. c. the airport is not an authorized alternate. d. the approach is not an authorized alternate.You file your destination as your alternate. Is this legal? a. No b. Yes c. Sometimes d. Pilots get away with it. When you file an alternate airport, Air Traffic Controllers in Centers a. all know your alternate. b. do not receive alternate information. c. do not care about your alternate. d. might change your filed alternate based on conditions favoring another airport.Before the flight originates, your alternate planning effort a. is an exercise that satisfies regulations and keeps the FAR police happy. b. helps ensure you have adequate fuel for foreseeable delays. c. dictates how the flight must be flown once airborne. d. tests your ability to interpret the weather forecasts.Neither your destination nor the alternate you selected has an approach. Can you fly this legally under IFR? a. No. b. File a composite IFR-VFR flight plan. c. Maintain at least 1000-3 from MEA to landing. d. Cancel IFR and continue with flight following.Unless you have obtained (or determined) this information, no approach is legal. a. Destination runway length b. Fuel remaining c. Temperature/dewpoint spread d. Current altimeterProper alternate planning leads us to the best alternate, which is a. not necessarily nearby. b. sometimes behind you. c. one with facilities such as food, fuel, shelter, etc. d. equipped with ATC facilities. e. all of the above.This weather source is not acceptable for your alternate planning. a. AWOS/ASOS b. MOS reports c. METARs and TAFs d. TAF and LAMPYou land on your IFR flight with nearly dry tanks. Is this legal? a. Yes b. No c. Did you declare an emergency? d. Only if the fueler didn’t fuel the aircraft according to your request.Just so you have fewer rules to remember, you always file an alternate. You are a. wasting 45 minutes of endurance. b. inferring that you have fuel to the alternate plus 45 minutes. c. perhaps being too conservative. d. covering yourself if the destination weather goes down.Δ
