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Yeah, I thought the 180 turn was odd, but figured maybe it was to sequence traffic or to get me up to altitude before I overflew LAX. And yes, you're right, V64 ends at LAX, which is about the SMO153 radial, and does not continue north of that, so it does not intersect the SMO135. That 18 degrees d...

I want you to know that I FEEL your pain..... I got tripped up on this EXACT same route making the exact same mistake. The key to understanding the route is to visualize it. It NEVER occurred to me to fly V64 counter clockwise (West bound). Once I saw it was possible to fly V64 West bound, the rout...

Yeah, I thought the 180 turn was odd, but figured maybe it was to sequence traffic or to get me up to altitude before I overflew LAX. And yes, you're right, V64 ends at LAX, which is about the SMO153 radial, and does not continue north of that, so it does not intersect the SMO135. That 18 degrees di...

I filed for a fairly simple IFR flight from KTOA to KVNY using the TEC route SCTN2, which is SMO SMO317R CANOG. My clearance leaving runway 29 at KTOA was Fly runway heading, Intercept the LAX170R LIMBO V64 SMO125R SMO SMO317R then as filed. No problem, I studied the route on the ground and loaded i...