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IFR Challenge: "The Other Kind of Alternate"

Try this IFR challenge:

It will test your IFR thinking.
We review an important (and misused) calculation.
You’ll learn a cross-check that eliminates a big-time error.
It’s fun.

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Watch This First

You will be presented with 5 options at the end of the video and must decide the best course of action for this pilot.
Click the play button to get started. Good luck!

Choose Your Option

Vote for your favorite option and see what other pilots chose.

Given your options, how would you proceed?

Continue to Ithaca (KITH). Fly the ILS to DA per the altimeter.
6% (906)
Continue to Ithaca (KITH). Fly the ILS to DA per your iPad GPS altitude.
1.6% (244)
Divert for Sullivan County (KMSV) south, and fly the Localizer Runway 15 Approach.
9.3% (1398)
Return to Poughkeepsie (KPOU). Fly the ILS approach using whichever altitude is more accurate when you crosscheck at the final approach fix.
34.3% (5133)
Overfly Ithaca (KITH). Divert to Rochester (KROC) and land VFR. Figure out your next move from there.
48.7% (7298)

Learn From Our Expert

Now hear what Flight Instructor, Air Traffic Controller, and Charter Pilot John Krug would do.

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