Pilot reported TRACON issued him a route that included a decommissioned VOR and non-existent airway.

Attributes
ACN	1346166
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1600 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

A flight plan was filed from ZZZ to ZZZ1 with a request for mrb mmj direct. When calling [potomac TRACON] for clearance a full route clearance was issued of ...jst V297 talls V10 yng V6 vwv.... The clearance was read back and acknowledged. I entered the initial enroute clearance (up to jst) into the GPS and departed ZZZ. Enroute while entering the remaining legs into the GPS it became apparent that V6 does not exist between djb and vwv. The sky VOR was decommissioned in the last year. V6 used to exist between djb sky vwv; but has been notamed and removed from the published charts. Either the potomac TRACON is using obsolete charts; or the software has not been updated properly. I can understand potomac is issuing partial non-direct route clearances to /G aircraft to correspond with local traffic flow (mrb mmj direct accomplishes this). Giving invalid full route clearances is a safety hazard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported TRACON issued him a route that included a decommissioned VOR and non-existent airway.

Narrative: A flight plan was filed from ZZZ to ZZZ1 with a request for MRB MMJ Direct. When calling [Potomac TRACON] for clearance a full route clearance was issued of ...JST V297 TALLS V10 YNG V6 VWV.... The clearance was read back and acknowledged. I entered the initial enroute clearance (up to JST) into the GPS and departed ZZZ. Enroute while entering the remaining legs into the GPS it became apparent that V6 does not exist between DJB and VWV. The SKY VOR was decommissioned in the last year. V6 used to exist between DJB SKY VWV; but has been NOTAMed and removed from the published charts. Either the Potomac TRACON is using obsolete charts; or the software has not been updated properly. I can understand Potomac is issuing partial non-direct route clearances to /G aircraft to correspond with local traffic flow (MRB MMJ Direct accomplishes this). Giving invalid full route clearances is a safety hazard.

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