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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Kewanee Municipal (KEZI) radio calls

Kewanee, ILICAO KEZI · FAA EZI

Kewanee Municipal is a non-towered airport in Kewanee, IL. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Kewanee Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Quad City Approach on 133.275, 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

CTAFKewanee Municipal Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureQuad City Approach133.275

Airport

Runways
01 · 19 · 09 · 27
Elevation
858 ft
Pattern altitude
400 ft MSL (published TPA)
Position
41.205, -89.964

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KEZI

Kewanee Municipal 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.

  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. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero one, Kewanee Municipal.
  3. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero one, departing the pattern to the north, Kewanee Municipal.
  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. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Kewanee Municipal, Kewanee Municipal.
  6. YouKewanee Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Kewanee Municipal.
  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. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero one, full stop, Kewanee Municipal.
  9. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero one, Kewanee Municipal.
  10. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero one, full stop, Kewanee Municipal.
  11. YouKewanee Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero one, Kewanee Municipal.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Quad City Approach on 133.275 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 →

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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.