Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
Or try Pearce.
FFS, in an airline, a pilot just can’t go to any piece of bitumen that suits them.
An Alternate has a capital for a reason. It is assessed for all sorts of criteria and if it meets the tests it is approved as an Alternate.
Then there are others. Airports for use for twin engine aircraft for use when they have problems. They need to be approved. Then there are Emergency Airports which are assessed and approved for use in emergency, but emergency is not really a real emergency. Then there are funk holes. They are bits of bitumen where the PIC reckons he/she can put an aircraft down.
Most , but not all military airports in Australia don’t get assessed as an Alternate. There are a couple of exceptions.