Weather

Question 1

Takeoff Alternate location requirement

Answer 1

Within 1 hour at cruise flight

Question 2

When do you need a Destination Alternate

Answer 2

When 1 Hour before to 1 Hour after

Visibility 3SM or 2SM above lowest approach minimums (Greater)

Ceiling 1,500ft above lowest circling minimums OR if no circling minimums 1,500ft above lowest straight in minimums OR 2,000ft above airport elevation (Greater)

Question 3

Destination Alternate Requirements for an airport with 1 approach 1 useable runway and 1 navigation facility

Answer 3

Reported ceiling > 400ft + Lowest HAT or HAA

Reported Visibility > 1SM + Visibility required for approach

Question 4

Destination Alternate Requirements for an airport with 2 straight in approaches 2 different runways and 2 DIFFERENT navigation aids

Answer 4

Reported ceiling > 200ft + Lowest HAT or HAA

Reported Visibility > 1/2SM + Visibility required for approach

Question 5

Requirements to land on an instrument approach

Answer 5

1 Normal Manuvers (NOT more than 30 degrees bank / 1,000 FPM)
2 Visibility
3 Runway Lighting
4 Runway Enviornment

You can’t decend below 100ft above TDZE using ALS unless red terminating bars or red side row bars are also distinctly visible and identifiable

When going missed on a Circling Approach turn TOWARDS the runway

Question 6

VFR Minimum Altitudes

Answer 6

VFR Day 500ft AGL and 500ft horizontally from any obstacle

VFR Night 1,000ft AGL within a horizontal distance of 5 miles from course and 2,000ft in mountainous terrain

Question 7

VFR Cloud Clearance

Answer 7

ABOVE 10,000ft MSL 5SM 1,000ft above 1,000ft below 1SM horizontal

BELOW 10,00ft MSL 3SM 500ft above 1,000ft below 2,000ft horizontal

EXCEPTIONS

Class B 3SM and Clear of Clouds

Class G below 1,200ft AGL Day 1SM Clear of Clouds

Class G above 1,200ft AGL below 10,000ft MSL 1SM 500ft below 1,000ft above 2,000ft horizontal

Question 8

LAHSO Requirements

Answer 8

1 Dry Runway
2 3SM Visibility and 1,000ft Ceiling (VFR)
3 No and windshear reported within 20 minutes

Question 9

What is a VDP

Answer 9

Visual decent point allows for a straight in normal approach to land

Question 10

What is wind shear

Answer 10

Sudden, drastic change in windspeed and/or direction over a small area. Associated with low-level temperature inversion, passing frontal systems and thunderstorms

Question 11

What is required for a thunderstorm to form and what operational hazards are present

Answer 11

Formation requires unstable air, lifting motion and high humidity

Avoid thunderstorms by flying at least 20 miles away, stay out from undeer the anvil top to avoid hail, be aware of possible microbursts, when penetrated ask ATC to vector you around larger cells, do not set autopilot on alititude, turn up cockpit lighting to reduce blinding effects of flashes, when on an approach and you experience a sudden increase in IAS expect a decrease in IAS to follow

Question 12

Approach minimums for a captain with

Question 13

When do you need a Takeoff Alternate

Answer 13

Weather is below approach minimums at departure airport