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CDW
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
40.8752° N,
74.2814° W,
173 ft
GPS: KCDW LID: CDW
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Manhattan, New York City, NYC
Comment thread "Don't depart IFR on a VFR day!" for Essex County Airport
Comments 1 to 2 of 2 in the thread "Don't depart IFR on a VFR day!" (Essex County Airport):
I had exactly the same experience at Republic in spring 2004, right down to sitting on the runway (as instructed by tower) and holding everyone else up. Same lesson -- if you can take a VFR departure out of a NY-area airport, do. It's the controller's error putting you on the runway before your clearance is ready, but why invite trouble in the first place?
I must have tied up traffic for 30 minutes of more waiting at the entrance for my IFR clearance. I'd taxied out after being told to, but there were 4 or 5 planes waiting behind me and by the time I suddenly realized that I could depart VFR and pick up a clearance later, the clearance had actually come. I felt like a complete dick.