Non-towered · Class E surface area
San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field (KALS) radio calls
Alamosa, COICAO KALS · FAA ALS
San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field is a non-towered airport in Alamosa, CO. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
The airport has a Class E surface area: no radio requirement to enter, but VFR weather minimums apply to the surface. Published hours: CLASS E SVC 0545-1900 MON-FRI, 0730-1900 SAT-SUN; OTHER TIMES CLASS G.
Frequencies
| CTAFSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 02 · 20
- Elevation
- 7,540 ft
- Position
- 37.435, -105.868
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KALS
San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field 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 02; 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).
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero two, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero two, departing the pattern to the north, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- 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).
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- 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.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero two, full stop, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero two, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero two, full stop, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
- YouSan Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero two, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field.
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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