"bdl" wrote in message
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Thanks Steven, as a new Instrument rated pilot, my 'real-world'
experience with the system is pretty limited. And your right, I
assumed KIND, when the decision only mentioned Indianopolis.

I had assumed that a ground stop (or some other traffic "congestion")
was the cause for the lack of clearance into Indianapolis, but the
mention in the decision of the weather being below minimums as another
reason for not granting a clearance confused me. Assuming a ground
stop wasn't in effect (hypothetical situation where noone was going to
Indianapolis, other than our wayward pilot) would they still have
denied him a clearance because the field was below minimums?


No. Weather at the destination airport is not a basis upon which to deny a
departure clearance and the controller working the departure location may
not even know what the weather is at the destination.




So ground stop's would affect all aircraft headed for destinations
within a given terminal environment, not just a specific airport.


Not necessarily, but it could.