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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Montgomery County (43A) radio calls

Star, NCFAA identifier 43A; no ICAO code assigned

Montgomery County is a non-towered airport in Star, NC. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Montgomery County Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Fayetteville Approach on 127.8, which is who you call for VFR flight following.

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

CTAFMontgomery County Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureFayetteville Approach127.8

Airport

Runways
03 · 21
Elevation
633 ft
Position
35.385, -79.790

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 43A

Montgomery County has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.8, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 03; 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 122.8. 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. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero three, Montgomery County.
  3. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero three, departing the pattern to the north, Montgomery County.
  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. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Montgomery County, Montgomery County.
  6. YouMontgomery County UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Montgomery County.
  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. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero three, full stop, Montgomery County.
  9. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero three, Montgomery County.
  10. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero three, full stop, Montgomery County.
  11. YouMontgomery County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero three, Montgomery County.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Fayetteville Approach on 127.8 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

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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.