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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field (KCQW) radio calls

Cheraw, SCICAO KCQW · FAA CQW

Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field is a non-towered airport in Cheraw, SC. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Florence Approach on 118.6, which is who you call for VFR flight following.

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

CTAFCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureFlorence Approach118.6

Airport

Runways
08 · 26
Elevation
239 ft
Position
34.713, -79.957

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KCQW

Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field 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 08; 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 122.8. 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).
  2. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero eight, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  3. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero eight, departing the pattern to the north, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  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. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  6. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  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. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero eight, full stop, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  9. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero eight, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  10. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero eight, full stop, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.
  11. YouCheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero eight, Cheraw Municipal/Lynch Bellinger Field.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Florence Approach on 118.6 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 →

The calls you will make here

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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.