Anderson Regional (KAID) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class D surface area

Sample calls at KAID

Anderson Regional has a Class D surface area: establish two-way communication with the tower before entering (AIM 3-2-5 b 3). A reply that uses your call sign, even "standby", establishes it; "aircraft calling, standby" does not. The calls below use runway 12; the tower assigns the runway in use 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. There is no ATIS frequency in the FAA data for this airport, so ask Ground for the numbers on your first call: they will give the runway, wind and altimeter.
2. YouAnderson Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Anderson Ground, runway one two, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one two.
4. YouRunway one two, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. The runway, any clearance onto a runway and every hold-short instruction are read back (AIM 4-3-18 a 9). Stay on Ground through the run-up and switch to Tower when ready (AIM 4-3-14 a).
6. YouAnderson Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one two, ready for departure, northbound.
7. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Anderson Tower, runway one two, cleared for takeoff.
8. YouRunway one two, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
9. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Indianapolis Approach one two zero point six five.
10. Youone two zero point six five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
11. YouIndianapolis Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
12. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Indianapolis Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
13. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
14. Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
15. YouAnderson Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Anderson.
16. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Anderson Tower, enter left downwind runway one two, report midfield downwind.
17. YouEnter left downwind runway one two, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
18. YouAnderson Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one two.
19. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one two, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
20. YouRunway one two, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
21. The wind is information: acknowledged, not read back. Exit at the first available taxiway or as told, taxi clear of the hold-short markings, and change to Ground only when the tower says (AIM 4-3-21).
22. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Anderson Ground one two one point six.
23. YouExit next taxiway, one two one point six, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
24. YouAnderson Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one two, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 0830-1630 MON-SAT local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 126.0 with the airport name first and last, and the surface area reverts to Class E or Class G as published in the Chart Supplement.

Phraseology from AIM 4-2-3; 4-3-18 a 9; 4-3-14; 4-3-21; 4-4-7 b; 4-1-18 a 3; 3-2-5 b 3; 4-3-2 a. What TowerTalk grades against →

The calls you will make here

• How to call Ground for taxi →
• Calling the tower inbound →
• Line up and wait, cleared for takeoff, cleared to land →
• First time flying into a Class D airport →
• How to request VFR flight following →

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