Question: IFR flight plans and unmanned fields
Maybe you ATC types can help out on this one:
In our operation we often fly to unmanned strips with no facilities but on an IFR flight plan. First of all - is it possible to complete the entire flight in accordance with IFR (VMC conditions). If not at what point must IFR be cancelled? What about a departure from an unmanned field with no facilities? At what point does IFR commence if I have filed an IFR flight plan?
If I file an IFR flight plan to an unmanned field with no facilities (in VMC), can I use another unmanned field with no facilities as an alternate? If so what minima apply? My take on this is that the conditions would have to be VMC for the field to be used as an alternate.
Lastly, if a visual approach is requested (in contolled airspace) on an IFR flight plan is the IFR flight plan automatically cancelled or can it continue under IFR? Is the controller still responsible for traffic seperation?
Last edited by Woof etc; 25th Mar 2006 at 08:11.