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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Cotulla-La Salle County (KCOT) radio calls

Cotulla, TXICAO KCOT · FAA COT

Cotulla-La Salle County is a non-towered airport in Cotulla, TX. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Cotulla-La Salle County 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

CTAFCotulla-La Salle County Traffic122.7

Airport

Runways
13 · 31
Right-hand pattern
Runway 31
Elevation
474 ft
Position
28.456, -99.217

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KCOT

Cotulla-La Salle County 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 13; 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 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).
  2. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one three, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  3. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one three, departing the pattern to the north, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  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. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Cotulla-La Salle County, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  6. YouCotulla-La Salle County UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  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. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one three, full stop, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  9. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one three, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  10. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one three, full stop, Cotulla-La Salle County.
  11. YouCotulla-La Salle County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one three, Cotulla-La Salle County.

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 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.