Ray Andraka writes:
Cary wrote:

I have flown into Rhode Island several times, and always file direct.
However, as I begin to approach the area (about 150 mi out) ATC gives
me ammended routing. My problem is that I am unfamiliar with the
navaids/airways in that part of the country and it adds a lot of
stress to the flight trying to locate the navaids/airways and then to
put it into the G1000. I don't keep my paper scraps so that I can't
look up what ammendments I was given. My next trip there will be in
early March, and I would like to be better prepared. Does anyone know
what the preferred routing is when approaching from the west. I will
probably go into KOQU (I like the FBO there much more than KPVD).
Thanks,
Cary Mariash

Depends where you are coming from. If from the south and single engine,
expect V16 Kennedy (JFK) V229 Bridgeport (BDR) V475-V188 Groton (GON) at
either 5000 or 7000' From points west (i.e. Pennsylvania), expect to
get Lake Henry (LHY) V58 Hartford (HFD). From Northeast, you'll get
routed around the Boston Class B, more often than not over the water if
coming down the coast. I can't remember the intersections off hand,
WITCH maybe?. If in Vermont or NH, You'll probably get Gardner (GDM)
Putnam (PUT) Providence (PVD). Not sure if you are coming from upstate
NY, as it has been a while, but I think the routing was via Pawling and
Hartford. Most of my flights are either up the coast of Maine, down to
the DC area or out over Pennsylvania.

I am based at KPVD and live just north of KOQU about a 1/4 mile in from
the water.

It's amazing how everyone has treated "Rhode Island" as a point
destination. After all, you can go as much as 30 miles without
wandering into Conn, Mass, or the ocean.