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Cary N. Mariash wrote:

> Not to confuse the issue, but there may be some excepts to what you
> indicated below. (...)
> Because Fargo is a class D airport, I ignored the CD
> frequency and went straight to ground to get my taxi clearance (after
> getting ATIS).  I shocked when I was informed that I should go to CD 
> to get my squak code and departure frequency. This is the first Class > D airport I have been at that required contact with clearance delivery > for a simple VFR flight.

Good point; I actually thought about saying this as I was posting
but decided it would make it too complicated.  

Springfield, MO is the same way; it is Class D airspace, but
functionally it must be treated as Class C (sort of like a TRSA?).  
The clue is, there's an approach control frequency on the VFR charts,
with the notation to "Contact Springfield Approach within 20 miles"
(just like Class C); arriving VFR flights get a squawk code.

There's also a listing for SPRINGFIELD approach/dep control in 
the AF/D.

I don't have a ND AF/D, but I bet Fargo also has its own
Approach/Departure control service.

I'm not certain, but this seems to be a way of providing radar
separation services at busy airports which aren't quite busy enough to
qualify as Class C.  Perhaps one of the controllers here will comment?

Maybe we can make up a rule, in the spirit of "I before E" for spelling?
"Contact ground at Class D, Except when Like C"?


