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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Middle Peninsula Regional (KFYJ) radio calls

West Point, VAICAO KFYJ · FAA FYJ

Middle Peninsula Regional is a non-towered airport in West Point, VA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Middle Peninsula Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Potomac Approach on 126.4, 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

CTAFMiddle Peninsula Regional Traffic123.0
Approach / DeparturePotomac Approach126.4

Airport

Runways
10 · 28
Elevation
20 ft
Position
37.521, -76.763

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KFYJ

Middle Peninsula Regional has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.0, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 10; 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 123.0. 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. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one zero, Middle Peninsula Regional.
  3. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one zero, departing the pattern to the north, Middle Peninsula 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. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Middle Peninsula Regional, Middle Peninsula Regional.
  6. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Middle Peninsula 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. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one zero, full stop, Middle Peninsula Regional.
  9. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one zero, Middle Peninsula Regional.
  10. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one zero, full stop, Middle Peninsula Regional.
  11. YouMiddle Peninsula Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one zero, Middle Peninsula Regional.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Potomac Approach on 126.4 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.