Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Starbuck Municipal (D32) radio calls

Starbuck, MNFAA identifier D32; no ICAO code assigned

Starbuck Municipal is a non-towered airport in Starbuck, MN. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Starbuck Municipal 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

CTAFStarbuck Municipal Traffic122.9

Airport

Runways
15 · 33
Elevation
1,140 ft
Position
45.599, -95.536

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at D32

Starbuck Municipal 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 15; 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. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one five, Starbuck Municipal.
  3. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one five, departing the pattern to the north, Starbuck Municipal.
  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. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Starbuck Municipal, Starbuck Municipal.
  6. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one five, full stop, Starbuck Municipal.
  7. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one five, Starbuck Municipal.
  8. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one five, full stop, Starbuck Municipal.
  9. YouStarbuck Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one five, Starbuck Municipal.

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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