Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Keller Brothers (08N) radio calls
Lebanon, PAFAA identifier 08N; no ICAO code assigned
Keller Brothers is a non-towered airport in Lebanon, PA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Keller Brothers Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Harrisburg Approach on 126.45, which is who you call for VFR flight following.
No Class B, C, D or E surface area is designated for this airport in the FAA data, so the airspace at the surface is Class G.
Frequencies
| CTAFKeller Brothers Traffic | 122.9 |
|---|---|
| Approach / DepartureHarrisburg Approach | 126.45 |
Airport
- Runways
- 07 · 25
- Elevation
- 550 ft
- Position
- 40.292, -76.329
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at 08N
Keller Brothers has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.9, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 07; use whichever runway the wind and the traffic dictate on the day.
The aircraft is the AIM’s own example, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot; the squawk codes, altitudes and headings are illustrative. Frequencies, station names and runway numbers are this airport’s, from the FAA data.
- Tune 122.9. Nobody clears you; you announce and you listen. The airport name goes at the start and the end of every call, and the runway is always a number, never "the active" (AIM 4-1-9 g 8).
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero seven, Keller Brothers.
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero seven, departing the pattern to the north, Keller Brothers.
- Announce until you are about 10 miles out; on the way back, start announcing at 10 miles (AIM 4-1-9 c 1, TBL 4-1-1).
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Keller Brothers, Keller Brothers.
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero seven, full stop, Keller Brothers.
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero seven, Keller Brothers.
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero seven, full stop, Keller Brothers.
- YouKeller Brothers traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero seven, Keller Brothers.
If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Harrisburg Approach on 126.45 once clear of the pattern: identification, type, position, altitude, destination, "request VFR flight following" (AIM 4-1-18 a 3). Do not use "any traffic in the area, please advise"; the AIM says it is not to be used under any condition (AIM 4-1-9 g 1).
Phraseology from AIM 4-1-9 c 1, g 1, g 8, h; TBL 4-1-1; 4-3-3. What TowerTalk grades against →
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