Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Mc Curtain County Regional (4O4) radio calls
Idabel, OKFAA identifier 4O4; no ICAO code assigned
Mc Curtain County Regional is a non-towered airport in Idabel, OK. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Mc Curtain 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
| CTAFMc Curtain County Regional Traffic | 122.8 |
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Airport
- Runways
- 02 · 20
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 20
- Elevation
- 472 ft
- Position
- 33.909, -94.859
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at 4O4
Mc Curtain County Regional 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 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 122.8. 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).
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero two, Mc Curtain County Regional.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero two, departing the pattern to the north, Mc Curtain 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).
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Mc Curtain County Regional, Mc Curtain County Regional.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Mc Curtain 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.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero two, full stop, Mc Curtain County Regional.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero two, Mc Curtain County Regional.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero two, full stop, Mc Curtain County Regional.
- YouMc Curtain County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero two, Mc Curtain 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 Sep 3, 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.
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