the Red River (0R7) radio calls

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 0R7

the Red River 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 18; 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.

1. 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).
2. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, the Red River.
3. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, the Red River.
4. 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).
5. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing the Red River, the Red River.
6. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, the Red River.
7. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, the Red River.
8. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, the Red River.
9. Youthe Red River traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, the Red River.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Maks Approach on 132.05 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 →

The calls you will make here

• CTAF radio calls at non-towered airports →
• Traffic pattern position reports →
• How to request VFR flight following →

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