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Judah wrote:


They do the same thing at my home airport, HPN. They are a class D, but
they have quite a bit of airline and bizjet traffic, and are right at the
edge of the NYC Class B, so they try to act like a class C. Most people who
have flown into the area or are based here are pretty well used to calling
approach to get squawked and sequenced in, so it's a non issue. But every
once in a while you hear someone being told to "Remain clear the Delta and
contact approach on 126.4 for sequencing."

Westchester has been a virtual Class C for years. The last time
I flew out of HPN was ~1990, and it was a virtual Class C back then.
I don't know why they don't make it an actual Class C. The only
operational difference would be that transient pilots would know
they need to contact approach first.

Westchester has more traffic (according to the traffic figures on
AirNav) then Sacramento International (SMF), and Sac Intl has a
Class C. Westchester has slightly less traffic then San Jose.
San Jose is about the same distance from the primary Class B (SFO)
as Westchester is from LGA, and has the same Class C overlapped
with Class B that a Class C Westchester would have.

John
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