Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Casa Grande Municipal (KCGZ) radio calls
Casa Grande, AZICAO KCGZ · FAA CGZ
Casa Grande Municipal is a non-towered airport in Casa Grande, AZ. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Casa Grande Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
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
| CTAFCasa Grande Municipal Traffic | 122.7 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 05 · 23
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 23
- Elevation
- 1,464 ft
- Pattern altitude
- 1,038 ft MSL (published TPA)
- Position
- 32.955, -111.767
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KCGZ
Casa Grande Municipal 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).
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero five, Casa Grande Municipal.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero five, departing the pattern to the north, Casa Grande Municipal.
- 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).
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Casa Grande Municipal, Casa Grande Municipal.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Casa Grande Municipal.
- 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.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero five, full stop, Casa Grande Municipal.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero five, Casa Grande Municipal.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero five, full stop, Casa Grande Municipal.
- YouCasa Grande Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero five, Casa Grande Municipal.
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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