Musings on KCDW, ILS, and WAAS

Mark Astley wrote:

As others have said, I wouldn't worry too much about a squeeze at CDW if
they're not going to increase the length of 4/22. When will they be
finished paving that thing anyway?

Some time between December and when the sun dies out. Maybe.

Actually, every time I think to, I ask ground this question as I taxi back
to the RN tie-down. The latest I've heard is "maybe January", but they
typically complain that they've no better information that we do.

I'd feel better about it if I saw more people working there more often.
I've heard stories about the *army* that repaved Linden's 9/27. Where's
our army? At lunch?

[...]
If anything, the smaller airports in the area are more likely to be
affected, e.g. N07. For example, the NDB or GPS 01 approach at N07 has
been
NOTAM'd out for several months now. The NDB (in this case MOREE) is
working fine (you get vectors to it southbound when departing IFR) but
even if it
wasn't, that shouldn't be a reason to NOTAM out the GPS. The rumor is
that ATC just doesn't want to deal with it since the approach starts over
MOREE
which happens to be the MM for MMU 23.

I don't know. I've been given the NDB-A into CDW (when I request it), which
also starts at MOREE.

Not that any of the approaches to
N07 are terribly useful (the MDA is pattern altitude), but I expect the
southbound approaches will disappear altogether.

My favorite of all FBOs I've ever visited is LPA at Lincoln Park. They also
have nice aircraft (newish 172s) for rent. But the lack of real IFR
utility at the airport kept me from becoming a regular there.

- Andrew