"Brad Salai" wrote in
:

I'm going to DXR (Danbury) from ROC (Rochester) on Saturday. There is
a STAR for Danbury, NOBBI THREE, that has a transition starting at
Rockdale. Here's the question:

Should I file the STAR, even though it is a little out of the way, or
should I file a more direct route. If I file something more direct,
am I likely to get the STAR?

Brad


Regardless of what you file, if they want you on the STAR they'll put
you on it in the clearance. (Unless, of course, you file NO STAR.)

I am based at White Plains, and have never filed nor been assigned the
NOBBI 3 STAR. That said, if you look at the STAR you'll see the
"THENCE..." section takes you to RYMES and then HAARP...

Filing to HPN I am almost ALWAYS assigned a route that takes me to
VALRE or HAARP (via IGN V157) BREZY (via SAX V39) or RYMES (via BDR
BDR288 radial). You can probably expect the same...

I would file as direct a route as you are comfortable with. If you
want, file something that ends with IGN V157 HAARP. Maybe something
like

ROC V34 HNK V167 IGN V157 HAARP

Seems like a pretty straight route. AOPA's flight planner recommended
ROC V34 HNK V167 HELON, so this is just taking it to the next step.

I can't say for sure whether you'll get it, because I think the choice
of IGN V157 HAARP vs. SAX V39 BREZY depends on traffic and wind and
sequencing and all...

I usually just file whatever AOPA or Flightplan.com say, and they give
me what they want...