I was working Ground and Clearance. A deep voice rumbled through my headset. "Clearance, N4173A, requesting Special VFR. I'm just trying to jump back over to Hewitt under that cloud deck. I'm a Cessna 172 and I got information Mike."TARRANCE KRAMERIfr...
Even in airports like ours where Special VFR flights are generally permitted, our requirement to sterilize the airspace for them means they still get moved to the back of the line behind any IFR traffic. ATC's side of special VFR: reduced weather minimums mean increased restrictions on ATC....
In othercontrolled airspace, when the local weather is less than the minimums required for flight undervisual flight rules(VFR) and again IFR would be the norm. Pilots may again as an alternative to IFR request an SVFR clearance to enter the airspace and fly visually. The aircraft need no...