Here's a link to details.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to modify the existing Class C airspace surrounding Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to further separate arriving traffic to Midway Runway 22L and general aviation aircraft flying by Visual Flight Rules north and south, along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Looks like the Class C around Midway will be extended east.
Images of existing and proposed airspace here and here.
I'm always talking to Midway anyway while flying along the lakefront. On any given day it can get pretty busy there. Lots of helicopters. Great controllers there at MDW and always accommodating to my requests. I guess this will force people to talk to them now? If you get MDW ATIS and call them at about Belmont Harbor while heading south they will give you a transponder code and give traffic advisories. When come from the west (DPA/06C) just call them from about 15 miles out after you get ATIS. Beware of TFR's when there is a ball game.
Quote:
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to modify the existing Class C airspace surrounding Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to further separate arriving traffic to Midway Runway 22L and general aviation aircraft flying by Visual Flight Rules north and south, along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Looks like the Class C around Midway will be extended east.
Images of existing and proposed airspace here and here.
I'm always talking to Midway anyway while flying along the lakefront. On any given day it can get pretty busy there. Lots of helicopters. Great controllers there at MDW and always accommodating to my requests. I guess this will force people to talk to them now? If you get MDW ATIS and call them at about Belmont Harbor while heading south they will give you a transponder code and give traffic advisories. When come from the west (DPA/06C) just call them from about 15 miles out after you get ATIS. Beware of TFR's when there is a ball game.
