Oddly Shaped Class D

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What are some of the most oddly shaped Class Ds you've noticed on the chart? - Russ
 
IXD has a wedge cut out of it for another airport nearby, and has an overlap with OJC.
 
Other than a occasional two-piece snow man I've seen once or twice (can't remember where now) I've always seen the typical 4nm circles.

There's also Mickey Mouse ears around Eglin AFB in Florida.
 
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San Diego is pretty different. So is Los Angeles.

Edit: Oops, didn't read the question right. I thought you said Class B.
 
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EdFred said:
Other than a occasional two-piece snow man I've seen once or twice (can't remember where now) I've always seen the typical 4nm circles.
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Here's a four-piece snowman, although one of the pieces is class C.
 
Home drome, Pearson Field in Vancouver WA (KVUO), has a small, pie-slice-shaped Class D that tops out at 1100' MSL, nestled in a cutout under the KPDX Class C inner ring.

KVUO is an uncontrolled field* with its own Class D - in place because pilots are required to contact KPDX tower on a discrete frequency before entering the Class D (or before departing) to get wake turbulence advisories.

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*KVUO is getting a temporary tower beginning next week that will operate through October, because KPDX runway construction will reroute jet traffic over our traffic pattern.
 
write-stuff said:
What are some of the most oddly shaped Class Ds you've noticed on the chart? - Russ
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Well, can't say I noticed it on a chart but FTG is just a 90 degree wedge out of the DEN Bravo surface area. I fly out of FTG so its not just a matter of noticing it on a chart.
 
Pilawt said:
Home drome, Pearson Field in Vancouver WA (KVUO), has a small, pie-slice-shaped Class D that tops out at 1100' MSL, nestled in a cutout under the KPDX Class C inner ring.

KVUO is an uncontrolled field* with its own Class D - in place because pilots are required to contact KPDX tower on a discrete frequency before entering the Class D (or before departing) to get wake turbulence advisories.
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Now that is just WEIRD.

I remembered thinking VUO was weird, but I didn't pay too much attention to it because I was flying in and out of PDX itself.
 
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