karl gruber wrote:

One advantage (without looking at the regs so beat me up) is if you are VFR
and want to make a low weather scud run into an airport where "special VFR"
is NOT available.

Just ask the tower for a "Contact approach" instead.


Hmmmmm.......... What do you mean by airports where SVFR is not
available? SVFR is generally not available at airports in Class B
airspace and some of the busier Class C airspace areas. But at those
airports you're unlikely to even get a popup IFR clearance. SVFR is
also not available at airports outside of a surface area, but neither
is a contact approach. Surface areas and contact approaches both
require weather observations.

Think about the minimums for a contact approach, SVFR, and VFR
operations at an airport in Class G airspace for a moment.