Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Martin Campbell Field (1A3) radio calls
Copperhill, TNFAA identifier 1A3; no ICAO code assigned
Martin Campbell Field is a non-towered airport in Copperhill, TN. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Martin Campbell Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
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
| CTAFMartin Campbell Field Traffic | 122.9 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 02 · 20
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 20
- Elevation
- 1,789 ft
- Position
- 35.016, -84.347
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at 1A3
Martin Campbell Field 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 02; 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).
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero two, Martin Campbell Field.
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero two, departing the pattern to the north, Martin Campbell Field.
- 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).
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Martin Campbell Field, Martin Campbell Field.
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero two, full stop, Martin Campbell Field.
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero two, Martin Campbell Field.
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero two, full stop, Martin Campbell Field.
- YouMartin Campbell Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero two, Martin Campbell Field.
If things change. 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). Listen for ten miles before you arrive; most of what you want to know has already been said.
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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