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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Farmville Regional (KFVX) radio calls

Farmville, VAICAO KFVX · FAA FVX

Farmville Regional is a non-towered airport in Farmville, VA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Farmville Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Roanoke Approach on 135.0, 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

CTAFFarmville Regional Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureRoanoke Approach135.0

Airport

Runways
03 · 21
Elevation
416 ft
Position
37.358, -78.438

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KFVX

Farmville 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 03; 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. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero three, Farmville Regional.
  3. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero three, departing the pattern to the north, Farmville Regional.
  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. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Farmville Regional, Farmville Regional.
  6. YouFarmville Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Farmville Regional.
  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. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero three, full stop, Farmville Regional.
  9. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero three, Farmville Regional.
  10. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero three, full stop, Farmville Regional.
  11. YouFarmville Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero three, Farmville Regional.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Roanoke Approach on 135.0 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.