Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Jb West Municipal Airport (55M) radio calls
Star City, ARFAA identifier 55M; no ICAO code assigned
Jb West Municipal Airport is a non-towered airport in Star City, AR. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Jb West Municipal Airport 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
| CTAFJb West Municipal Airport Traffic | 122.9 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 398 ft
- Position
- 33.926, -91.861
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at 55M
Jb West Municipal Airport 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 18; 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).
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- 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).
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Jb West Municipal Airport, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, Jb West Municipal Airport.
- YouJb West Municipal Airport traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, Jb West Municipal Airport.
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 →
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