On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:53:59 GMT, "Russ MacDonald"
wrote:

Being from Texas, and flying mostly in the Midwest and South, I have never
asked for nor had any need for a contact approach. If I see the runway I
tell the controller, and he gives me a visual. In fact, I can't remember
ever hearing a contact approach requested around here.

Then, I whenever I fly into the Northeast and I hear contact approaches
being requested regularly. Why is the contact approach used so much in the
Northeast?


Probably because we don't meet the requirements for a visual approach
which, in addition to having the airport or preceding traffic in sight,
also require reported weather at the destination airport of at least
1000/3.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)