Non-towered · Class G at the surface

De Quincy Industrial Airpark (5R8) radio calls

De Quincy, LAFAA identifier 5R8; no ICAO code assigned

De Quincy Industrial Airpark is a non-towered airport in De Quincy, LA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as De Quincy Industrial Airpark Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Lake Charles Approach on 119.35, 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

CTAFDe Quincy Industrial Airpark Traffic	122.8
Approach / DepartureLake Charles Approach	119.35

Airport

Runways: 16 · 34
Elevation: 83 ft
Position: 30.441, -93.474

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 5R8

De Quincy Industrial Airpark 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 16; 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).
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one six, departing the pattern to the north, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
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).
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing De Quincy Industrial Airpark, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
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.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one six, full stop, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one six, full stop, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.
YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Lake Charles Approach on 119.35 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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De Quincy Industrial Airpark (5R8) radio calls

De Quincy, LAFAA identifier 5R8; 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.

CTAFDe Quincy Industrial Airpark Traffic

122.8

Approach / DepartureLake Charles Approach

119.35

Sample calls at 5R8

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).

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one six, departing the pattern to the north, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

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).

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing De Quincy Industrial Airpark, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

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.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one six, full stop, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one six, full stop, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

YouDe Quincy Industrial Airpark traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six, De Quincy Industrial Airpark.

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