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| View Poll Results: When flying out of Class C or B airspace during a VFR flight, I normally? | |||
| Contact Clearance Delivery |     | 13 | 76.47% |
| Contact ground for taxi |    | 2 | 11.76% |
| Squawk 7600 and look for light gun signals |    | 2 | 11.76% |
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May 27th, 2003, 15:05
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Florida
Posts: 1,252
|  VFR clearances I read in the latest issue of AOPA flight training magazine (June 2003, page 22 first paragraph) "If the airport from which you are flying has a seperate clearance delivery frequency-primarily larger airports with their own Class B or Class C airspace-ATC expects that you have received a clearance from the clearance delivery controller before you call ground control for taxi instructions. Clearances are required even for VFR aircraft" Just for fun: Does anyone know where this is documented in the regs or AIM? It seems that some Class C airports expect you to call ground and some expect clearance delivery...so any clarification would be appreciated... |
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May 27th, 2003, 15:12
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| Banned Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,272
| Re: VFR clearances if the airport is using Clnc, Gnd will tell you, (so will the ATIS usually) Gnd and Clnc, often are the same guy... |
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May 27th, 2003, 15:26
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Florida
Posts: 1,252
| Re: VFR clearances Thats what I have often found, it was just the part of ATC expecting you to contact clearance before ground. I have not been able to document this anywhere. |
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May 27th, 2003, 16:25
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal
Posts: 5,650
| Re: VFR clearances Yeah at all the class Charlie and Bravo airports I have flown out of have a frequency for clearance, whom you are expected to contact before ground. At some airports it is on the ATIS some it is not. |
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May 27th, 2003, 21:21
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| Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago
Posts: 4,167
| Re: VFR clearances Usually the ATIS will say so. If not, it's probably somewhere in the Pilot's Guide or some kind of VFR airport info. If I wasn't sure I'd just call clearance anyways (or flie IFR hahaha  ).In the class D at LGB in Socal they expect you to call clearance with your runway request and location. I have NO clue why.... the best I can come up with is that it is some kind of ego thing for this one *high strung* controller up there... probably wants a Class C but can't so he does the next best thing... |
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