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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Boerne Stage Airfield (5C1) radio calls

San Antonio, TXFAA identifier 5C1; no ICAO code assigned

Boerne Stage Airfield is a non-towered airport in San Antonio, TX. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Boerne Stage Airfield Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is San Antonio Approach on 125.1, 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

CTAFBoerne Stage Airfield Traffic123.0
Approach / DepartureSan Antonio Approach125.1

Airport

Runways
17 · 35
Right-hand pattern
Runway 17
Elevation
1,384 ft
Position
29.723, -98.695

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 5C1

Boerne Stage Airfield has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.0, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 17, 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.

  1. Tune 123.0. 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. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one seven, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  3. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one seven, departing the pattern to the north, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  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. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Boerne Stage Airfield, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  6. YouBoerne Stage Airfield UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  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. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one seven, full stop, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  9. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one seven, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  10. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one seven, full stop, Boerne Stage Airfield.
  11. YouBoerne Stage Airfield traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one seven, Boerne Stage Airfield.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call San Antonio Approach on 125.1 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 →

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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.