TSFactory -
What about crosswind limitations?
Exactly.
and if you read the Sub Section Headed Radio Navigation aids,
11.7.3.2 Is the most limiting criteria and the drop the mike conclusion that if you don't have a TAF you need an AlternateNotwithstanding the above, a flight may be planned under the IFR by day to a destination aerodrome which is not served by a radio navigation aid without the requirement to provide for a suitable alternate aerodrome, provided that:
- not more than SCT cloud is forecast below the final route segment LSALT plus 500FT and forecast visibility at the DESTINATION aerodrome is not less than 8KM
There it is - you need too have forecast visibility at the Destination aerodrome, which is provided by a TAF and therefore NO TAF = Alternate