[Dan(9698)]

Rules governing IFR flights require enough fuel to make the flight as planned, plus additional fuel to make it to backup airports.

Plus 45 minutes fuel.

It is a violation to land with less than 45 minutes fuel if on an instrument flight, half hour if on a visual flight.

[jwparkerjr]

Is that 45 minutes after you arrive at alternate, or does your alternate have to be within the 45 minutes of fuel you have to reach your intended destination? I take it from the wording of the rule that it means that where ever you end up you must have 45 minutes of fuel left.