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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field (KDMW) radio calls

Westminster, MDICAO KDMW · FAA DMW

Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field is a non-towered airport in Westminster, MD. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Potomac Approach on 125.525, 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

CTAFCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field Traffic122.7
Approach / DeparturePotomac Approach125.525

Airport

Runways
16 · 34
Right-hand pattern
Runway 34
Elevation
789 ft
Position
39.608, -77.008

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KDMW

Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field 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 16; 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. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one six, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.
  3. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one six, departing the pattern to the north, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage 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. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.
  6. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage 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. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one six, full stop, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.
  9. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one six, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.
  10. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one six, full stop, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.
  11. YouCarroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six, Carroll County Regional/Jack b Poage Field.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Potomac Approach on 125.525 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.