IFR plates: city name rather than Airport name

[ISaidRightTurns]

Most controllers are very cool about this sort of thing. They would give you the name of the city, but most of them don't even know how plates are organized.

I have even 'verified' the localizer freq for people. I know what was going on, so do most of you, but what am I gonna do? Drive out there and yell? Refuse to help?

 

[FN FAL]

That's the nice thing about flying to same four airports all the time. You always know where to go when things go south.

 

[DAS at 10/250]

I have to disagree with the original poster. Imagine trying to find all the airports in OKC if they were listed by airport name. Will Rogers, Wiley Post, Downtown Airpark. The two W's would be close but the Downtown would be on the other side of the binder. Or how about Houston; Lonestar Exec, George Bush Int, William P Hobby, Sugarland, Pearland, West Houston, David Wayne Hooks, Ellington Field, etc., you would be all over the Texas binder. If you are PIC under IMC then you really should know which town you are going to. Also, don't let ATC rush you. If you do wind up missed, tell them you need a vector or hold to get setup for the next approach. Get the approach setup, brief yourself, and shoot the approach.

Also, Jepp has the DP's and STAR's listed before city pairs. Imagine have a dozen copies of the Dumpy2 Arrival scattered all over your binder. What a mess.

 

[F/O]

Good luck finding the BDL plates (Windsor Locks) unless you know what to look for

 

[landlover]

Good luck finding the BDL plates (Windsor Locks) unless you know what to look for

went there the other day, took quite a few minutes to find it.

 

[SSDD]

There are a few odd places like Orange County/John Wayne/Santa Ana, but overall, listing by city is a better system than listing by individual airports.

 

[tomgoodman]

Rules are rules

ATL used to be called "The William B. Hartsfield Airport", so guess where it was found in the DOD approach plates? That's right, under "T", for "The".

 

[Hamburger]

I agree. That boils down to proper pre-flight planning. 91.103

-mini

True.

If you happen to not have internet access at the time, you'd be hard pressed to find the plates for Hartford, Conn. The identifier is BDL "Bradley", but the goddamn plate is under Windsor Locks. WTF?

 

[waka]

My vote is listing by city names is the way to go.