Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Cherokee County Regional (KCKP) radio calls
Cherokee, IAICAO KCKP · FAA CKP
Cherokee County Regional is a non-towered airport in Cherokee, IA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Cherokee County Regional 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
| CTAFCherokee County Regional Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 01 · 19 · 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 1,227 ft
- Position
- 42.732, -95.556
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KCKP
Cherokee County Regional has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.8, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 01; 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 122.8. 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).
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero one, Cherokee County Regional.
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero one, departing the pattern to the north, Cherokee County 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).
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Cherokee County Regional, Cherokee County Regional.
- YouCherokee County Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Cherokee County 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.
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero one, full stop, Cherokee County Regional.
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero one, Cherokee County Regional.
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero one, full stop, Cherokee County Regional.
- YouCherokee County Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero one, Cherokee County 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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