No person may list an airport as an alternate airport in a dispatch or flight release for a nontransport category airplane unless that airplane (at the weight anticipated at the time of arrival) based on the assumptions contained in § 121.203, can be brought to a full stop landing within 70 percent of the effective length of the runway.
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14 CFR · PART 121
§ 121.205 Nontransport category airplanes: Landing limitations: Alternate airport.
Official text · Current as of Oct 19, 2026 · from eCFR
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