• turmacar@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    I just have a basic pilots license (PPL) but a lot of rural airports it’s normal to cancel radar services (IFR / flight following) when you have the airport in sight because there’s no tower and you’re making location callouts on the airport frequency in case there’s traffic nearby. ATC can and will ask to let you go without if they’re busy or whatever as well.

    Especially in mountainous areas radar/transponder coverage can be pretty spotty unless you’re pretty high up or near a larger airport.

    Smells like any other random conspiracy theory.