Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Harriman-and-West (KAQW) radio calls

North Adams, MAICAO KAQW · FAA AQW

Harriman-and-West is a non-towered airport in North Adams, MA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Harriman-and-West Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Albany Approach on 132.825, 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

CTAFHarriman-and-West Traffic	122.8
Approach / DepartureAlbany Approach	132.825

Airport

Runways: 11 · 29
Right-hand pattern: Runway 29
Elevation: 654 ft
Position: 42.696, -73.171

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KAQW

Harriman-and-West 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 11; 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).
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one one, Harriman-and-West.
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one one, departing the pattern to the north, Harriman-and-West.
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).
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Harriman-and-West, Harriman-and-West.
YouHarriman-and-West UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Harriman-and-West.
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.
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one one, full stop, Harriman-and-West.
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one one, Harriman-and-West.
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one one, full stop, Harriman-and-West.
YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one one, Harriman-and-West.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Albany Approach on 132.825 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 →

The calls you will make here

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Harriman-and-West (KAQW) radio calls

North Adams, MAICAO KAQW · FAA AQW

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.

CTAFHarriman-and-West Traffic

122.8

Approach / DepartureAlbany Approach

132.825

Sample calls at KAQW

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).

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one one, Harriman-and-West.

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one one, departing the pattern to the north, Harriman-and-West.

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).

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Harriman-and-West, Harriman-and-West.

YouHarriman-and-West UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Harriman-and-West.

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.

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one one, full stop, Harriman-and-West.

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one one, Harriman-and-West.

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one one, full stop, Harriman-and-West.

YouHarriman-and-West traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one one, Harriman-and-West.

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