Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Effingham County Regional (1H2) radio calls
Effingham, ILFAA identifier 1H2; no ICAO code assigned
Effingham County Regional is a non-towered airport in Effingham, IL. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.725, as Effingham County Regional 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
| CTAFEffingham County Regional Traffic | 122.725 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 01 · 19 · 11 · 29
- Elevation
- 585 ft
- Position
- 39.070, -88.533
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at 1H2
Effingham County Regional 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 01; 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 122.725. 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).
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero one, Effingham County Regional.
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero one, departing the pattern to the north, Effingham County Regional.
- 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).
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Effingham County Regional, Effingham County Regional.
- YouEffingham County Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Effingham County Regional.
- 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.
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero one, full stop, Effingham County Regional.
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero one, Effingham County Regional.
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero one, full stop, Effingham County Regional.
- YouEffingham County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero one, Effingham County Regional.
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 →
The calls you will make here
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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Oct 29, 2026. Training use only. Always verify against a current Chart Supplement and sectional chart before flight; frequencies change. TowerTalk is not affiliated with the FAA. Report a discrepancy.