"Stuart King" wrote in message
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I was flying to PWK on an IFR plan in VFR weather. ATC vecotered me to
final for the ILS 16, clear to land rwy 16.

I double check the wind and its out of 270 at 20kts. I ask for the visual
to rwy 24. Denied, unless i wish to cancel IFR and proceed VFR. I asked
why, and they said something about the Ohare Arrival/Departures corridors.

I understand not screwing with Ohare(ORD) , but PWK is a towered field
and it seems like I should be able to do the visual approachto the safest
runway without giving up radar services.

Opinions ?


I don't get it. If you've been cleared to land you're on tower frequency,
probably within a few miles of the OM. At that point there's no significant
difference between being on final for RWY 16 and right base for RWY 24. The
approach controller might not even notice the difference. I don't see how
it could have any impact on ORD traffic.