Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Cape Blanco State (5S6) radio calls

Sixes, ORFAA identifier 5S6; no ICAO code assigned

Cape Blanco State is a non-towered airport in Sixes, OR. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Cape Blanco State 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

CTAFCape Blanco State Traffic	122.9

Airport

Runways: 14 · 32
Elevation: 202 ft
Position: 42.858, -124.518

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 5S6

Cape Blanco State 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 14; 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).
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one four, Cape Blanco State.
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one four, departing the pattern to the north, Cape Blanco State.
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).
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Cape Blanco State, Cape Blanco State.
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one four, full stop, Cape Blanco State.
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one four, Cape Blanco State.
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one four, full stop, Cape Blanco State.
YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one four, Cape Blanco State.

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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Cape Blanco State (5S6) radio calls

Sixes, ORFAA identifier 5S6; 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.

Sample calls at 5S6

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).

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one four, Cape Blanco State.

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one four, departing the pattern to the north, Cape Blanco State.

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).

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Cape Blanco State, Cape Blanco State.

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one four, full stop, Cape Blanco State.

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one four, Cape Blanco State.

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one four, full stop, Cape Blanco State.

YouCape Blanco State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one four, Cape Blanco State.

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