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Old 28th Mar 2011, 14:46
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An alternate might be an alternate landing aid/runway
In the usual langage we consider an alternate as an alternate airport, but soemtimes the need is for a second runway, which can be close or far... Close can be 50mrs away or 50 miles.....

For weather alternates distance matters, for a pure alternate then the second runway can count.

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