Mountain Time
Active Member
Looks like I'll be flying down from the Seattle area to the Bay Area in early August. Most likely I'll be coming down via Medford, the Siskiyous, and Red Bluff. Most likely destination will be San Carlos (KSQL), which appears to use the Point Reyes 3 arrival.
I've flown into KCCR several times VFR, but this would be my first trip to the area on an IFR plan. I've had the rating less than a year and so am still doing a lot of learning especially in the practical aspects of flight planning.
And so my question is: as a practical matter, how much detail should I put into a proposed flight plan once I'm approaching the north Bay area? List POPES as a fix and then Point Reyes and the arrival procedure from there? Or should I expect vectors starting up in the vicinity of POPES and just have KSQL be the next point in the flight plan? Or???
I guess what I'm looking for is practical feedback from those who've flown this area IFR, in terms of what to really expect and how to flight plan it so that both ATC and I have the simplest job with the fewest headaches. And if there are any "gotchas" to look out for, I'd sure like to have a heads up.
Thanks for your help -
JHW
I've flown into KCCR several times VFR, but this would be my first trip to the area on an IFR plan. I've had the rating less than a year and so am still doing a lot of learning especially in the practical aspects of flight planning.
And so my question is: as a practical matter, how much detail should I put into a proposed flight plan once I'm approaching the north Bay area? List POPES as a fix and then Point Reyes and the arrival procedure from there? Or should I expect vectors starting up in the vicinity of POPES and just have KSQL be the next point in the flight plan? Or???
I guess what I'm looking for is practical feedback from those who've flown this area IFR, in terms of what to really expect and how to flight plan it so that both ATC and I have the simplest job with the fewest headaches. And if there are any "gotchas" to look out for, I'd sure like to have a heads up.
Thanks for your help -
JHW