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On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:31:20 -0700, Greg Copeland wrote:

To be clear...I do not believe that reflected the type of flight services
they provide (IFR, VFR). For all I know it was local tower jargon.

I've no proof, but I've always assumed that this label referred to the
level of service that could be provided in IFR conditions. For example,
CDW is (as far as I know) capable of handling a single IFR (or SVFR)
operation in its airspace at a time. The reason: it cannot provide
separation.

TEB, on the other hand, provides separation and so can handle concurrent
IFRers.

Yet both airports are in their own class D airspaces.

From an equipment perspective, TEB has its own RADAR while CDW has a BRITE
from EWR. More, the local geography is such that only about half the
pattern is visible on the BRITE (due to a hill's shadow).

I assume that the equipment difference is the cause of the difference
in services, but it's also possible that the difference in services is why
the equipment is different.

- Andrew