# How do I file to pick up a clearance in the air? **URL:** \ **Category:** Guest Discussion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913 "2004-10-02T23:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jseckler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/jseckler/32/85458_2.png) [@jseckler](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/jseckler)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/21 "2004-10-05T17:43:19Z")
[ [/quote] [ I’m not sure if it was the volume of traffic leaving Oshkosh or differences in regions but, again, I’ve never had that happen in the SE. [/quote] Eddie, It was OSH. The OSH notams specify that IFR popups will NOT be accepted by Chicago Center during that time period. Otherwise popups are easy out here. Ed, ---
**Author:** ![dennish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/dennish/32/86555_2.png) [@dennish](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/dennish)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/22 "2004-10-05T18:51:07Z")
> In reply to: > > * * * > > I routinely ask for an IFR “pop-up” clearance to get down through a broken layer, at night if > > * * * I have thought about this alot . . . Shouldn’t it be a “pop-down clearance” or isn’t their a more appropriate phrase that describes the goal. Anyhow, I hear that ATC is installing French Pop-Up Stoppers on their new computers. ---
**Author:** ![fasteddi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@fasteddi](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/fasteddi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/23 "2004-10-05T18:06:27Z")
> In reply to: > > * * * > > The OSH notams specify… > > * * * Gee, I must have missed that NOTAM! ; - ) ---
**Author:** ![n224az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@n224az](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/n224az)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/24 "2004-10-13T14:52:56Z")
> In reply to: > > * * * > > If the point of departure you filed was KVGT, I’m not surprised that they didn’t find it. When I want to depart VFR for one of the many advantages of doing so but want to end up IFR I often will file an IFR flight plan with the departure point being a VOR enroute > > * * * I think that’s what I did. I filed BLD blah blah, with BLD as my pick up point. I think the problem is ATC might have not put down my correct tail number. (I finally heard a 228AZ call to me, but by then I was half way home!) Walt ---
**Author:** ![mikerad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/copa/user_avatar/forum.cirruspilots.org/mikerad/32/11_2.png) [@mikerad](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/mikerad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/25 "2004-10-13T15:55:34Z")
> In reply to: > > * * * > > (I finally heard a 228AZ call to me, but by then I was half way home!) > > * * * Walt, Reminds me of a mistake I made many years ago. For days, I’d been working in our datacomms lab, upgrading racks of 1200 bps modems and other equipment to 2400 bps (YEE **HA!** ). But the weekend came, complete with great weather, so I took a colleague on a short flight, which I accomplished VFR with flight following. When I had my destination airport in sight, ATC said “Squawk VFR” - so I squawked 2400… Hey, it made sense at the time! [:D] - Mike. ---
**Author:** ![n224az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@n224az](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/u/n224az)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913/26 "2004-10-14T00:58:48Z")
Mike, With that in mind, I’ll keep my tel number out of MY mind (7700) [:)] Walt [Previous page](https://forum.cirruspilots.org/t/how-do-i-file-to-pick-up-a-clearance-in-the-air/40913.md?page=1)