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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Higginsville Industrial Municipal (KHIG) radio calls

Higginsville, MOICAO KHIG · FAA HIG

Higginsville Industrial Municipal is a non-towered airport in Higginsville, MO. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Higginsville Industrial Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Whiteman Approach on 127.45, 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

CTAFHigginsville Industrial Municipal Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureWhiteman Approach127.45

Airport

Runways
16 · 34
Elevation
840 ft
Position
39.072, -93.677

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KHIG

Higginsville Industrial 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 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 122.8. 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. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one six, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.
  3. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one six, departing the pattern to the north, Higginsville Industrial 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. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Higginsville Industrial Municipal, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.
  6. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Higginsville Industrial 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. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one six, full stop, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.
  9. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one six, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.
  10. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one six, full stop, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.
  11. YouHigginsville Industrial Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six, Higginsville Industrial Municipal.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Whiteman Approach on 127.45 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.