Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Aiken Regional (KAIK) radio calls
Aiken, SCICAO KAIK · FAA AIK
Aiken Regional is a non-towered airport in Aiken, SC. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Aiken Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Augusta Approach on 119.15, which is who you call for VFR flight following.
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
| Clearance Delivery | 126.075 |
|---|---|
| CTAFAiken Regional Traffic | 122.8 |
| Approach / DepartureAugusta Approach | 119.15 |
Airport
- Runways
- 01 · 19 · 07 · 25
- Elevation
- 529 ft
- Position
- 33.649, -81.685
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KAIK
Aiken Regional 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 01; 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).
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero one, Aiken Regional.
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero one, departing the pattern to the north, Aiken Regional.
- 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).
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Aiken Regional, Aiken Regional.
- YouAiken Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Aiken Regional.
- 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.
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero one, full stop, Aiken Regional.
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero one, Aiken Regional.
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero one, full stop, Aiken Regional.
- YouAiken Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero one, Aiken Regional.
If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Augusta Approach on 119.15 once clear of the pattern: identification, type, position, altitude, destination, "request VFR flight following" (AIM 4-1-18 a 3). 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).
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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