Non-towered · Class E surface area
Brainerd Lakes Regional (KBRD) radio calls
Brainerd, MNICAO KBRD · FAA BRD
Brainerd Lakes Regional is a non-towered airport in Brainerd, MN. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Brainerd Lakes Regional 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 0500-2300 MON-SAT, 0600-2300 SUN; OTHER TIMES CLASS G.
Frequencies
| CTAFBrainerd Lakes Regional Traffic | 122.7 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 05 · 23 · 16 · 34
- Elevation
- 1,232 ft
- Position
- 46.404, -94.134
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KBRD
Brainerd Lakes Regional has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.7, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 05; 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 122.7. 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).
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero five, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero five, departing the pattern to the north, Brainerd Lakes 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).
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Brainerd Lakes Regional, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Brainerd Lakes 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.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero five, full stop, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero five, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero five, full stop, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
- YouBrainerd Lakes Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero five, Brainerd Lakes Regional.
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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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Sep 3, 2026. Training use only. Always verify against a current Chart Supplement and sectional chart before flight; frequencies change. TowerTalk is not affiliated with the FAA. Report a discrepancy.
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