EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert
Airport; Human Factors; Procedure
We were approaching Indianapolis airport from the southeast and being vectored in for a visual approach to 5R when asked if we had the field in site. We acknowledged and they cleared us for the visual while still on a vector taking us inside the final approach fix. We then turned to the west to enter a downwind because they left us high and so we could join outside the FAF for a stabilized approach. I notified ATC that we would be widening our base leg and they said no problem. We descended to the final approach altitude while in the turn from base to final approximately 2 NM outside the FAF. ATC notified us of a low altitude alert and asked if we still had the field in site. We responded that we did have a visual on the field and continued the approach as normal. There wasn't a need to take action. We were cleared for a visual and had the airport; approach environment; and runway in site.
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EMB175 flight crew reported receiving a low altitude alert from ATC during a day visual approach to Runway 5R at IND; could see no reason for the alert and took no action.