Originally Posted by
Goldenrivett
vilas,
If landing is assured at your destination (no weather problems etc) what is the advantage of diverting to an airfield with a single runway and arriving with only 30 mins of fuel remaining?
Yes. Does not make any sense. Better to cancel alternate fuel and hold. The crew has to monitor the fuel during flight not to land with less that minimum legal fuel which is 30 min at holding speed at 1500 feet AAL. Not a situation anyone wants to be but landing with only 30 min of fuel in the tank is 100% legit. Below that, no question asked, the crew must call Mayday Fuel.