---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.367"
title: "14"
number: "125.367"
heading: "Alternate airport for destination: IFR or over-the-top."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.367"
---

# §125.367. Alternate airport for destination: IFR or over-the-top.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, each person releasing an airplane for operation under IFR or over-the-top shall list at least one alternate airport for each destination airport in the flight release.
- (b) An alternate airport need not be designated for IFR or over-the-top operations where the airplane carries enough fuel to meet the requirements of §§ [125.375](/cfr/14/125.375.md) and [125.377](/cfr/14/125.377.md) for flights outside the 48 conterminous States and the District of Columbia over routes without an available alternate airport for a particular airport of destination.
- (c) For the purposes of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the weather requirements at the alternate airport must meet the requirements of the operator's operations specifications.
- (d) No person may release a flight unless that person lists each required alternate airport in the flight release.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.