Originally Posted by
PaulH1
Also from an airmanship point of view, airfields can be unusable for other reasons than weather. What would you do if as you were approaching your destination in VMC, an aircraft ahead of you burst a tyre on landing, blocking the only runway? You would be glad if you had researched an alternate then.
Do you plan for everything,,, what if your going to your alternate(single runway) and the plane in front of you bursts a tyre and blocks the runway?