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Need PIREP Ohio's Burke Lakefront (KBKL)
Folks:
I've got to take a trip to BKL on Sunday...does anyone know how the routing normally works for an IFR arrival in a 172 from the south? Or any other things to be on the lookout for? thanks |
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Need PIREP Ohio's Burke Lakefront (KBKL)
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:34:44 -0700 (PDT), Randy
wrote: Folks: I've got to take a trip to BKL on Sunday...does anyone know how the routing normally works for an IFR arrival in a 172 from the south? Or any other things to be on the lookout for? thanks Yes. BKL is cool airport. I liken it to what Meigs used to be. If you get to land towards the East (and assuming the weather is ok) check out the Browns stadium as you land. Good time to have a camera onhand. I also seem to remember a tall mast of a ship parked near the approach end of the runway. I tend to be a bit skittish about clearance distances when landing over objects. (what I think is a few feet is more like 50). Regardless, pay special attention to the VASIs or ILS as you are nearing the airport. Hornblowers restaurant is located just off the SW corner of the field. A good place to eat if you are looking for a quick bite while refueling. The FBO will give you a lift down there, but one could certainly walk. The city of Cleveland will track you down via N-number and send a $5.00 landing fee via USPS. Bizarre. I have landed at BKL about 5-6 times and I think most (but maybe not all?) received the fee a week or two later. The fee doesn't bother me, but I am confused why the FBO does not collect the fee. Whatever. I always have approached from the East or West, so cannot comment on the routing from the South, although I suspect they will send you around the Class B. I have departed IFR a few times from BKL, and ATC vectored me at a low-ish altitude pretty far North over Erie. If that makes you uncomfortable, it would be a good idea to put a 'no overwater' remark, or be prepared to refuse the clearance. -Nathan |
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Need PIREP Ohio's Burke Lakefront (KBKL)
Nathan Young wrote:
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:34:44 -0700 (PDT), Randy wrote: I've got to take a trip to BKL on Sunday...does anyone know how the routing normally works for an IFR arrival in a 172 from the south? Or any other things to be on the lookout for? Yes. BKL is cool airport. I liken it to what Meigs used to be. If you get to land towards the East (and assuming the weather is ok) check out the Browns stadium as you land. Good time to have a camera onhand. I've only been there once but it is a nice airport. I was on a charter and had a lot of time to kill. I took a stroll in the direction of the stadium and found a WWII-era submarine tied up to a wharf at the edge of the lake. And what should be running down the hawser of that submarine but the biggest wharf rat I have ever seen.... I'm guessing in the 10 lb range. It was big enough that I think it would have intimidated the cat I owned at the time... and damned little did that. So, if you're there during the day it might be possible to get a tour of that submarine. Maybe the rat is still there too. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Need PIREP Ohio's Burke Lakefront (KBKL)
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Need PIREP Ohio's Burke Lakefront (KBKL)
It's my home airport, and yes, it's very nice.
The ILS approach to 24R works fine. Decision height is a little high at 300', and the middle marker has been decommissioned. IFR routing from the south is usually (in my own experience) a fairly wide downwind south of the airport with a 270 intercept to the 245 approach course. If runway 6 is active, you'll be given a circle-to-land. Watch Cleveland Hopkin's Class B airspace if you're VFR. You'll need to approach from slightly east of south to stay under the 3000' shelf. The 1900' shelf from the south is tricky because of radio towers poking up into it. There may be some into the 3000' shelf, I don't remember--check the sectional carefully. The barge-borne restaurant near Burke, Hornblowers, has been closed for about two years. Buy it and reopen it if you want to do a service to the flying community. The Cod is the Gato-class WWII submarine moored nearby the airport. It's an incredible tour, not yet open for the season. Word is that it's the best restored museum boat out there, and the only one that has not had its pressure hull cut into for tourist staircases. Tour tickets are cheap, make an additional donation. The volunteers put in a lot of hours keeping that thing open. There are occasionally tall ships in harbor, mostly later in summer. The steamship Mather is the large museum ore ship moored just to the west. It's worth a tour. If you're interested in classical music, make a point of hearing the orchestra at Severance Hall. Hard to say why Cleveland, Ohio has one of the world's great symphony orchestras, but there it is. Severance is a wonderful hall, too. Have a good trip to Cleveland! David Randy wrote: Folks: I've got to take a trip to BKL on Sunday...does anyone know how the routing normally works for an IFR arrival in a 172 from the south? Or any other things to be on the lookout for? thanks |
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