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• Safe flight from the departure airport to the planned destination
air-port (trip fuel)
• Contingency fuel that is the higher of:
EITHER
•5%oftheplannedtripfuelor,intheeventofin-ight
re-planning, 5% of the trip fuel for the remainder of
the flight; or
•Notlessthan3%oftheplannedtripfuelor,intheeventof
in-flight replanning, 3% of the trip fuel for the remainder of
the flight, provided that an en-route alternate is available; or
• An amount of fuel sufcient for 20 minutes ying time
based upon the planned trip fuel consumption provided that
the operator has established a fuel consumption monitoring
programme for individual aeroplanes and uses valid data de-
termined by means of such programme for fuel calculation;
OR an amount to fly for 5 minutes at holding speed at 1500 feet
above the planned destination aerodrome in standard conditions
• Final reserve fuel for an additional period of 30 minutes
• Alternate fuel to reach the destination alternate airport, if a de-
stination alternate airport is required
• Extra fuel that the commander may require.
FAR 121
FAR 121 Domestic operations which is used for scheduled flight opera-
tions between two United States airports.
Under FAR 121 Domestic (14 FAR 121.639), a flight is required to carry
fuel that will enable the aircraft:
• Safe flight from the departure airport to the planned destination
air-port (trip fuel)
• Thereafter, to fly to the most distant destination alternate airport
(alternate fuel)