Kent State University (1G3) radio calls

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 1G3

Kent State University has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.725, 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.

1. Tune 122.725. 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. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero two, Kent State University.
3. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero two, departing the pattern to the north, Kent State University.
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. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Kent State University, Kent State University.
6. YouKent State University UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Kent State University.
7. A UNICOM operator, if one is on, answers with the wind and the runway in use (AIM 4-1-9 h). If nobody answers, choose the runway from the wind and the pattern traffic you can hear.
8. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero two, full stop, Kent State University.
9. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero two, Kent State University.
10. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero two, full stop, Kent State University.
11. YouKent State University traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero two, Kent State University.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Cleveland Approach on 125.5 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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