IFR Through Cleveland

I'll be heading from Toledo to Buffalo late in June and I'm wondering if the
Cleveland class B is accomodating for IFR flights through their area, or if I
should expect to be vectored well around the area. Since I won't have life
rafts or jackets onboard, I want to make sure that I get vectored South if
anywhere.

Any information would be appreciated on routings, altitudes, etc... that
typically work out. The software I'm using spit out SKY DJB JFN as a recomended
routing, but this heads right over Cleveland Hopkins so I'm skeptical.

Thanks,
Eric

I"ve flown numerous IFR flights to Cleveland and over it. You will find
them very accomodating as the airspace is not a terribly busy Class B.

I fly out of the NY Class B so I know from busy :-)

Steve S

"Bartscher" wrote in message
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I'll be heading from Toledo to Buffalo late in June and I'm wondering if
the
Cleveland class B is accomodating for IFR flights through their area, or
if I
should expect to be vectored well around the area. Since I won't have life
rafts or jackets onboard, I want to make sure that I get vectored South if
anywhere.

Any information would be appreciated on routings, altitudes, etc... that
typically work out. The software I'm using spit out SKY DJB JFN as a
recomended
routing, but this heads right over Cleveland Hopkins so I'm skeptical.

Thanks,
Eric

I flew east IFR through Cleveland earlier this month. No problem
entering the Class B but they did vector me north away from Dryer and
I ended up a couple of miles out over the lake before they turned me
back on course. I was high enough that I wasn't concerned about a
water landing, though there aren't a lot of options along that lake
front other than Burke.