Flying to MDW

Since I posted the original question about flying into MDW, let me
summarize how the flight went.

I filed for: direct CGT VOR - direct to MDW. I was cleared as filed.
I never went to CGT. I was vectored to the north and intercepted the
localizer for runway 31C from the north.

Atlantic Aviation is a fantastic FBO. Even our little Cherokee was
treated like a bizjet. Tiedown is only $15/night, one night waived
with fuel purchase. There is a city-imposed landing fee of $7.50. It
is a short distance to the Orange train line that takes you into
downtown (20 minutes).

Departure clearance was Midway Four DP to the EON VOR and then as
filed. Pretty straight forward. The controllers were friendly, even
though it was very busy.








David Rind wrote in message ...
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I am seeking some advice on flying into MDW (Chicago Midway). I will be
going IFR from Dayton.

I am planning on filing direct (/G) to the CGT VOR, because all STARs and
preferred routings seem to terminate at the CGT VOR with radar vectors
after that.

I am planning on parking at Atlantic Aviation. From Airnav it seems there
is a $15/day parking fee and a $7.50 landing fee, waived for the first
night with fuel purchase.

I have never been to MDW, but I am hoping that it is like any other class C
airport, albeit a bit busier.

Anything else I should know about MDW?

I flew to MDW from BED (Massachusetts) in May. There's probably a thread
you can find on Google when I asked a similar question). I parked at
Atlantic. There were pleasant and helpful.

MDW overall was great to fly in and out of. There was weather around as
I was coming in, so I was IFR as well. They got me right into the line
of landing jets. On the way out, all the jets were taking off on 4R.
They sent me over to 4L, which meant I wasn't sitting behind a jet and
didn't have much in the way of wake turbulence worries. I was VFR on the
way out and they were good about coordinating flight following.

I can't comment on the routing on the inbound route. I was mostly trying
to stay south of the lake and avoid the convective stuff that was going
on around me!