Exactly. Going to Midway the first time IFR I ended up over the lake
much farther out than I liked. Next time I went down to the same area I
put "no over-water routing please" in my remarks, which worked - I was
routed around to the west instead. A bit longer, but I'd prefer that.

My CFII told me this little story. A colleage of his (another CFII) was
doing practice approaches VFR with MKE approach. At one point he told
them he was several miles out over the lake and he'd like a turn. He
was told he'd have one shortly. Another few minutes and another few
miles and he squawks 7700. "What's your emergency?" "I'm over the lake
in a piston single." He got his turn.


Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Roger" wrote in message
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I once flew IFR to OSH around the South end of Lake Michigan.
As you well know they sent me what seemed like half way to Kentucky to
stay well clear of ORD's airspace, climb corrodors, and preferred
routes in and out.

Although, looking at a map shows the distance to OSH from Midland
(3BS) to be about the same whether you go around the North or South
end of the lake (possibly a tad shorter around to the South) it will
work out to be far longer going South if you are IFR.



Unless you plan a stop within Chicago approach control airspace. Then
you're no longer a thruflight, you're an arrival and a departure. But then
you may be routed over a bit more water than you'd like.