IFR fuel reserves

[Persian_Pilot]

It is probably too time consuming to go back and find the line in the King videos, but if you do happen to find it, I would be curious to know if they actually said "IFR" or if they said "IFR conditions".

They said 'under IFR flight plan'. So I got curious myself and looked at my Gliem Instrument knowledge test book and everything explained for the professional pilot (by Richie Lengel).

According to Gliem:

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FUEL REQUREMENTS FOR FLIGHT IN **IFR CONDITIONS**

When flying **IFR** you must carry sufficient fuel to fly to the first airport of intended landing, fly to the alternate airport (if required), and then fly for 45 minutes at normal cruise speed.

According to Richie Lengel:

Fly to the airport of intended landing; fly after that for 45 minutes at normal cruise speed. (Doesn’t specify IFR flight plan or IFR condition)

 

[Corporate Pilot]

The closest I have come to running out of fuel was on the ground at JFK. Weather was worst than forecast and after holding we landed with minimum fuel. This was pre 9/11 and we dropped the pax at the airline gate. It was late in the afternoon and all the airliners were going to Europe. To get fuel we had to taxi to the GA ramp. JFK was using 4 L&R for departures, GA ramp was near the departure end of 4L and the taxiway was backed up to the terminal with airplanes waiting for departure. We set there for hours in the GE Falcon 20 with one engine running waiting to get to the GA ramp. Finally had to call ground and tell them if we did not get to the GA ramp soon we would run out of fuel. They made a space for us to back taxi on the runway to get to the GA ramp.
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Moral of the story it is not just what you land with.