Actually, I have to tell that to the Ground, too, since on calm days they would
use different runways for IFR and VFR, or would be lining up IFR departures
holding for release at full length while clearing VFR traffic for intersection
departure on the same runway. So, if you don't tell them, you may get sent to a
sub-optimal runway. My CFI always made a point of reading back runway and
intersection assignments in response to takeoff clearance, to give the
controller a chance to verify that we're actually at the place he thinks we
are at.

Andrey


Longworth wrote:
On Nov 27, 3:26 pm, Andrey Serbinenko
wrote:
my SOP to always tell'em this explicitly: if I'm VFR I'd say:
"such-and-such ready for take-off, departing north-west (or whatever),
and if I'm IFR I'd say: "such-and-such ready for take-off, IFR to XXX".

Andrey

Andrey,
It is also our SOP to tell the tower whether we are VFR or IFR.
Our primary flight instructor, a newly minted but very safety
conscious and capable CFI, taught us to do so from the very first
flight lesson.

Hai Longworth