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What you suggested is very doable. Did it last weekend. Although, your
sequence is off. You need to flip the bird as you pass the city and overfly Meigs, then turn inland and follow the Eisenhower. If you have never done this before, be careful. It can be difficult to determine which major highway is the Eisenhower. GPS provides a lot of peace of mind. Definitely talk to Midway. Now that Meigs is gone, Midway pretty much controls the lakefront, when needed. They always did control the corridor. Call them over the lake before turning inbound. Don't call Chicago Center or ORD. They are not interested. -- ------------------------------- Travis "Stuart King" wrote in message .com... Chicagoans...please advise ... What about flying from North to South along the shore. Then cross between Midway and O'Hare at 1500MSL. Then continue south, after flipping the bird to Mayor Dick Daley. Is this the way, or is there something like the Hudson river VFR corridor ? SK |
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"Travis Marlatte" wrote in message ink.net... Definitely talk to Midway. Now that Meigs is gone, Midway pretty much controls the lakefront, when needed. They always did control the corridor. Now that Meigs tower is closed, who do you call to transit the Meigs Class D airspace? |
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On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:27:56 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote: "Travis Marlatte" wrote in message link.net... Definitely talk to Midway. Now that Meigs is gone, Midway pretty much controls the lakefront, when needed. They always did control the corridor. Now that Meigs tower is closed, who do you call to transit the Meigs Class D airspace? Good question. I don't have my latest sectional, but I'm pretty sure the Class D airspace is still depicted. Anyone have one handy to double-check? While flying down the lakeshore, I have tried to tune in the CGX ATIS but it is silent. (I had expected some sort of message that Meigs is now closed and that MDW or ORD approach should be contacted for services). -Nathan |
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"Nathan Young" wrote in message ... Good question. I don't have my latest sectional, but I'm pretty sure the Class D airspace is still depicted. Anyone have one handy to double-check? I've got one. Meigs Field is depicted in magenta, the airport data block says "Meigs (closed)". The surface area is depicted by a blue segmented circle with an upper limit of 3100 feet. There is no entry for Meigs in the Airport/Facility Directory. The Aeronautical Chart Bulletin says nothing about the Class D surface area, nor has any NOTAM been published. The CGX approaches have been removed from the TPP. Controlled airspace changes have to go through the entire rulemaking process. An NPRM was issued last July, the 90 day comment period ended in October, and we await a decision. You'd think the decision would have been made by now, as there's only one way it can go. |
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Talk to Midway! "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Nathan Young" wrote in message ... Good question. I don't have my latest sectional, but I'm pretty sure the Class D airspace is still depicted. Anyone have one handy to double-check? I've got one. Meigs Field is depicted in magenta, the airport data block says "Meigs (closed)". The surface area is depicted by a blue segmented circle with an upper limit of 3100 feet. There is no entry for Meigs in the Airport/Facility Directory. The Aeronautical Chart Bulletin says nothing about the Class D surface area, nor has any NOTAM been published. The CGX approaches have been removed from the TPP. Controlled airspace changes have to go through the entire rulemaking process. An NPRM was issued last July, the 90 day comment period ended in October, and we await a decision. You'd think the decision would have been made by now, as there's only one way it can go. |
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"Chuck Gerlach" wrote in message link.net... Talk to Midway! About what? |
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The discussion of the sectional still showing Meigs was an offshoot. The
original question was about passing between Midway and O'Hare. Talk to Midway about passing through the the corridor just to the north of their airspace. Of course, you don't have to but that was my advice as well as Chuck's. -- ------------------------------- Travis "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Chuck Gerlach" wrote in message link.net... Talk to Midway! About what? |
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If my understanding is correct, class D airspace always reverts to class
E anytime the tower is closed, therefore, the area depicted would be treated as class E (or B, I'm not around Chicago, so I don't know if it's inside the class C or under it. Nathan Young wrote: On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:27:56 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Travis Marlatte" wrote in message hlink.net... Definitely talk to Midway. Now that Meigs is gone, Midway pretty much controls the lakefront, when needed. They always did control the corridor. Now that Meigs tower is closed, who do you call to transit the Meigs Class D airspace? Good question. I don't have my latest sectional, but I'm pretty sure the Class D airspace is still depicted. Anyone have one handy to double-check? While flying down the lakeshore, I have tried to tune in the CGX ATIS but it is silent. (I had expected some sort of message that Meigs is now closed and that MDW or ORD approach should be contacted for services). -Nathan |
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"Matt Young" wrote in message ink.net... If my understanding is correct, class D airspace always reverts to class E anytime the tower is closed, therefore, the area depicted would be treated as class E (or B, I'm not around Chicago, so I don't know if it's inside the class C or under it. Part-time controlled airspace is based on time. The entry for Meigs in the A/FD was: AIRSPACE: CLASS D svc 1200-0400Z other times CLASS G. |
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Part-time controlled airspace is based on time. The entry for Meigs in the
A/FD was: AIRSPACE: CLASS D svc 1200-0400Z other times CLASS G. The June 10 A/FD has a listing for Meigs but only shows the lat/long. and the freq for the Kankakee RCO. Meigs is not depicted on the L23 low alt chart anymore, but there is an RCO shown at that location. Since Meigs doesn't exist anymore the airspace is the same as the area directly surrounding it when it was there |
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