Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Hill City Municipal (KHLC) radio calls
Hill City, KSICAO KHLC · FAA HLC
Hill City Municipal is a non-towered airport in Hill City, KS. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Hill City Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
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
| CTAFHill City Municipal Traffic | 122.9 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 2,238 ft
- Pattern altitude
- 800 ft MSL (published TPA)
- Position
- 39.380, -99.831
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KHLC
Hill City Municipal has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.9, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 18; 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.
- Tune 122.9. 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).
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, Hill City Municipal.
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, Hill City Municipal.
- 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).
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Hill City Municipal, Hill City Municipal.
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, Hill City Municipal.
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, Hill City Municipal.
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, Hill City Municipal.
- YouHill City Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, Hill City Municipal.
If things change. 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). Listen for ten miles before you arrive; most of what you want to know has already been said.
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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