IFR Procedures
Canadian IFR Alternate Minima
How Canadian alternate weather minima are applied conceptually. Use current CAP GEN and TC AIM tables operationally.
Alternate minima in Canada are not a single memorized number. They depend on the types of approaches available at the alternate and on the guidance in current official publications. Pilots who treat them as one figure to memorize tend to lose marks on INRAT questions that change the approach, the forecast or the aircraft. This article explains how the Canadian minima are built, why they are built that way, and where to find the answer for a real flight.
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