"John Doe" wrote in news:tw3af.114$ii.9@dukeread04:

I've read alot of the issues with flying through/in the Washington DC
ADIZ.

Are most of these issues due to folks trying to fly VFR through this
airspace or are just as many people having these issues under an IFR
flight plan?

I was planning on flying up to BWI in a couple of weeks, it will be
my first flight into the ADIZ since 9/11. I'm currently reading
everything I can find on it and I plan to file IFR.

Are folks on IFR flight plans seeing the same delays that folks on
VFR ADIZ flight plans experiencing ?

Thanks.

I've flown IFR in and out of BWI, GAI, and W00 since the ADIZ
inception.

Getting in is normal IFR...

Getting out at BWI and GAI is pretty much SOP if everything is filed in
advance. Since I'm based in NY, filing in advance was not a big deal
(ie: Little or no hold times, etc.). And I think the one time that I
handn't filed in advance, I used my cell phone and filed through NY
anyway...

At W00, there was no Clearance Departure frequency, so I had to get
clearance over the phone. There was a line for the phone, and there was
a wait for an answer - maybe 5 or 10 minutes. By the time my turn came
around, we had people telling the guy to hold on for the next person in
line so that they didn't have to wait again... All in all, it wasn't
completely outrageous, but definitely not convenient.

Again, because BWI and GAI have clearance departure frequencies, it was
pretty much a non-issue... Call up on clearance, and get your CRAFT and
go...