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Non-towered · Class E surface area

Bob Sikes (KCEW) radio calls

Crestview, FLICAO KCEW · FAA CEW

Bob Sikes is a non-towered airport in Crestview, FL. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.075, as Bob Sikes Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Eglin Approach on 124.05, which is who you call for VFR flight following.

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 0600-2200; OTHER TIMES CLASS G.

Frequencies

CTAFBob Sikes Traffic123.075
Approach / DepartureEglin Approach124.05

Airport

Runways
17 · 35
Elevation
214 ft
Position
30.779, -86.522

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KCEW

Bob Sikes has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.075, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 17; 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.

  1. Tune 123.075. 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).
  2. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one seven, Bob Sikes.
  3. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one seven, departing the pattern to the north, Bob Sikes.
  4. 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).
  5. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Bob Sikes, Bob Sikes.
  6. YouBob Sikes UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Bob Sikes.
  7. 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.
  8. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one seven, full stop, Bob Sikes.
  9. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one seven, Bob Sikes.
  10. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one seven, full stop, Bob Sikes.
  11. YouBob Sikes traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one seven, Bob Sikes.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Eglin Approach on 124.05 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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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Oct 29, 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.