Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Gila Bend Municipal (E63) radio calls

Gila Bend, AZFAA identifier E63; no ICAO code assigned

Gila Bend Municipal is a non-towered airport in Gila Bend, AZ. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Gila Bend 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

CTAFGila Bend Municipal Traffic	122.8

Airport

Runways: 04 · 22
Elevation: 789 ft
Pattern altitude: 800 ft MSL (published TPA)
Position: 32.960, -112.674

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at E63

Gila Bend Municipal 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 04; 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).
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero four, Gila Bend Municipal.
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero four, departing the pattern to the north, Gila Bend Municipal.
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).
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Gila Bend Municipal, Gila Bend Municipal.
YouGila Bend Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Gila Bend Municipal.
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.
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero four, full stop, Gila Bend Municipal.
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero four, Gila Bend Municipal.
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero four, full stop, Gila Bend Municipal.
YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero four, Gila Bend 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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Gila Bend Municipal (E63) radio calls

Gila Bend, AZFAA identifier E63; 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 E63

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).

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero four, Gila Bend Municipal.

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero four, departing the pattern to the north, Gila Bend Municipal.

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).

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Gila Bend Municipal, Gila Bend Municipal.

YouGila Bend Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Gila Bend Municipal.

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.

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero four, full stop, Gila Bend Municipal.

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero four, Gila Bend Municipal.

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero four, full stop, Gila Bend Municipal.

YouGila Bend Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero four, Gila Bend Municipal.

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