Captain minimums include adding what to the flight minima?

• A. Add 1/2 mile visibility and 100 feet to destination DA
• B. Add 1 mile visibility and 200 feet to destination DA
• C. Add 1/4 mile visibility and 50 feet to destination DA
• D. Add 1/2 mile visibility and 50 feet to destination DA

Answer: (A)

The concept is that captain minimums raise the published instrument minima by a safety margin when the captain is in command. Specifically, the practice is to add to the destination’s decision altitude and visibility to create the captain’s minimums, so there’s more margin before deciding to land or go missed.

In this case, you add 1/2 mile to the visibility and 100 feet to the destination DA. That extra half-mile of visibility and the extra 100 feet of DA provide a safer threshold under higher workload or less favorable crew resource conditions, recognizing the captain’s role in decision-making during the approach.

The other options propose different increments, but the standard captain minimums increment is a half-mile of visibility and 100 feet to the DA, which aligns with the typical safety margin used in many airline procedures.