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So would be NYL if it were a VORTAC as shown by FlightPrep and it would
be a shorter VOR to VOR route, if it existed, and you wouldn't be on V66,
you would be close to it.

That doesn't answer my question. BZA is right on V66, it's part of the airway.
NYL is a few miles away. Even if NYL were a VORTAC, why would you route your
flight off-airway over NYL, instead of staying on the airway and overflying
BZA? Especially since NYL is in a MOA, and BZA is not. And the semi-direct
route KCHD.NYL.KMYF is actually slightly over 2 miles longer than the route
KCHD.BZA.KMYF. It doesn't make sense.

Oh well ... time to fly again. I have two Citations parked at KSAN; I guess I
could fly one back to Sky Harbor. My route would be POGGI2 IPL J18 MOHAK
GEELA3, like so many other flights by others, although I'm sure you'd
disapprove. I've flown the route by following Interstate 8 sometimes (not in a
Citation), but it's tedious. A C152 is really slow and doesn't let you rest
for a moment (no autopilot), but I did that once, just for practice. I'll have
to think about it.