Santiam Junction State (8S3) radio calls

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at 8S3

Santiam Junction 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 06; 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 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).
2. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero six, Santiam Junction State.
3. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero six, departing the pattern to the north, Santiam Junction State.
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. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Santiam Junction State, Santiam Junction State.
6. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero six, full stop, Santiam Junction State.
7. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero six, Santiam Junction State.
8. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero six, full stop, Santiam Junction State.
9. YouSantiam Junction State traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero six, Santiam Junction 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

• CTAF radio calls at non-towered airports →
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