Non-towered · Class G at the surface
West Michigan Regional (KBIV) radio calls
Holland, MIICAO KBIV · FAA BIV
West Michigan Regional is a non-towered airport in Holland, MI. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.05, as West Michigan Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Great Lakes Approach on 133.825, 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
| Clearance Delivery | 123.95 |
|---|---|
| CTAFWest Michigan Regional Traffic | 123.05 |
| Approach / DepartureGreat Lakes Approach | 133.825 |
Airport
- Runways
- 08 · 26
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 08
- Elevation
- 698 ft
- Position
- 42.743, -86.108
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KBIV
West Michigan Regional has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.05, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 08, which has a right-hand pattern; 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 123.05. 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).
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero eight, West Michigan Regional.
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero eight, departing the pattern to the north, West Michigan 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).
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing West Michigan Regional, West Michigan Regional.
- YouWest Michigan Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, West Michigan 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.
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero eight, full stop, West Michigan Regional.
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero eight, West Michigan Regional.
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero eight, full stop, West Michigan Regional.
- YouWest Michigan Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero eight, West Michigan Regional.
If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Great Lakes Approach on 133.825 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 →
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