Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Mears Field (3W5) radio calls

Concrete, WAFAA identifier 3W5; no ICAO code assigned

Mears Field is a non-towered airport in Concrete, WA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Mears 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

CTAFMears Field Traffic	122.9

Airport

Runways: 07 · 25
Right-hand pattern: Runway 07
Elevation: 267 ft
Position: 48.530, -121.758

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 3W5

Mears 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 07, which has a right-hand pattern; 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).
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero seven, Mears Field.
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero seven, departing the pattern to the north, Mears 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).
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Mears Field, Mears Field.
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero seven, full stop, Mears Field.
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero seven, Mears Field.
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero seven, full stop, Mears Field.
YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero seven, Mears 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 →

The calls you will make here

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Mears Field (3W5) radio calls

Concrete, WAFAA identifier 3W5; no ICAO code assigned

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.

Sample calls at 3W5

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).

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero seven, Mears Field.

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero seven, departing the pattern to the north, Mears 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).

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Mears Field, Mears Field.

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero seven, full stop, Mears Field.

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero seven, Mears Field.

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero seven, full stop, Mears Field.

YouMears Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero seven, Mears Field.

Phraseology from AIM 4-1-9 c 1, g 1, g 8, h; TBL 4-1-1; 4-3-3. What TowerTalk grades against →