"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in message
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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What is the largest/busiest airport you've flown into or out of in a
small GA
aircraft as a private pilot, and was it IFR or VFR? What was the
attitude of
the ATC in the area towards pilots like yourself moving about in an area
normally dominated by airliners and commercial flights?

The worlds buisiest airport (for about one week a year) is Whittman
Field - but it is hardly dominated by airliners and commercial flights. I
have flown in and out of it during that week - ATC was quite helpful. Even
got us "special VFR" to get out one year.

I've also never had problems with ATC when flying into / out of large
airports with lots of commercial traffic.

You'll typically have more problems with the airport itself rather than from
ATC. Some large airports charge hefty landing and ramp fees, so you may
wind up with a $150 or so charge you hadn't expected. This is how they
discourage the little guys from landing.

As far as ATC goes, most controllers will work you in just like any other
plane, although usually they prefer the little guys to fly into big airports
VFR on VMC days. That just gives them more options. They can bring you in
lower and put you on a short base to final turn rather than trying to stack
up bigger and faster aircraft behind you. So if you really want to ****
them off, fly a C150 upwind IFR into the class Bravo for the primary airport
during busy traffic times and see if you can hear the a$$holes pucker on
their side of the mic.