I would be surprised if Oakland Center's host computer has 7S3 in its
memory,

Given that my office PC has 7S3 stored in it (thanks to multiple flight
planning programs) it's hard to imagine anything dumber, in this day and
age.

However, when we were flying home from Sun N Fun, Tallahassee (I think)
approach didn't have "KIOW" in its little brain, so I changed our
destination to "KCID."

They didn't even have THAT airport in its memory -- Cedar Rapids, a Class C
airport with hourly airline service!

I eventually just told them "Muscle Shoals, Alabama," which satisfied them
for a while...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"