Beaver County (KBVI) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class D surface area

Sample calls at KBVI

Beaver County has a Class D surface area: establish two-way communication with the tower before entering (AIM 3-2-5 b 3). A reply that uses your call sign, even "standby", establishes it; "aircraft calling, standby" does not. The calls below use runway 10; the tower assigns the runway in use 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.

1. Listen to the ATIS on 118.35 first and note the letter; "with Information (letter)" on your first call lets the controller skip the weather (JO 7110.65 3-10-1).
2. YouBeaver County Clearance, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, VFR to the north, request clearance.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Beaver County Clearance, maintain VFR at or below two thousand five hundred, departure frequency one two zero point one, squawk four six one two.
4. YouAt or below two thousand five hundred, departure one two zero point one, squawk four six one two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. YouBeaver County Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
6. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Beaver County Ground, runway one zero, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one zero.
7. YouRunway one zero, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one zero, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
8. The runway, any clearance onto a runway and every hold-short instruction are read back (AIM 4-3-18 a 9). Stay on Ground through the run-up and switch to Tower when ready (AIM 4-3-14 a).
9. YouBeaver County Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one zero, ready for departure, northbound.
10. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Beaver County Tower, runway one zero, cleared for takeoff.
11. YouRunway one zero, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
12. Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
13. YouBeaver County Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Beaver County.
14. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Beaver County Tower, enter left downwind runway one zero, report midfield downwind.
15. YouEnter left downwind runway one zero, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
16. YouBeaver County Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one zero.
17. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one zero, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
18. YouRunway one zero, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
19. The wind is information: acknowledged, not read back. Exit at the first available taxiway or as told, taxi clear of the hold-short markings, and change to Ground only when the tower says (AIM 4-3-21).
20. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Beaver County Ground one two one point eight.
21. YouExit next taxiway, one two one point eight, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
22. YouBeaver County Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one zero, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 0730-1930 MON-FRI; CLSD SAT-SUN. local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 120.3 with the airport name first and last, and the surface area reverts to Class E or Class G as published in the Chart Supplement.

Phraseology from AIM 4-2-3; 4-3-18 a 9; 4-3-14; 4-3-21; 4-4-7 b; 4-1-18 a 3; 3-2-5 b 3; 4-3-2 a. What TowerTalk grades against →

The calls you will make here

• How to call Ground for taxi →
• Calling the tower inbound →
• Line up and wait, cleared for takeoff, cleared to land →
• First time flying into a Class D airport →
• How to read the ATIS →

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