ask "Base Captain" at STN
he'll set you straight---
he'll show you how to declare your destination as your alternate at the same time!!!
and when your fuel gets low enough, it will be the only airport you can reach!!! maybe!!!???
be green!!! light up those caution lights every flight!!
get the feeling, "it's good to be alive"
walk away feeling you really accomplished something today--"i made the runway!!!"
minimum fuel is a legal term, isn't it? on your flight plan, "min reserve" which figure represents the absolute min to be in the air. and when getting close to that and still in the air, it depends on how lucky you feel, as to when you want to declare "low fuel"
a subjective perspective is involved in the latter, to be sure. (much like "that's a good looking car")