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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Hazleton Regional (KHZL) radio calls

Hazleton, PAICAO KHZL · FAA HZL

Hazleton Regional is a non-towered airport in Hazleton, PA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Hazleton Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Wilkes-Barre Approach on 126.3, 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

Clearance Delivery121.7
CTAFHazleton Regional Traffic123.0
Approach / DepartureWilkes-Barre Approach126.3

Airport

Runways
10 · 28
Right-hand pattern
Runway 28
Elevation
1,603 ft
Position
40.987, -75.995

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KHZL

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

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Wilkes-Barre Approach on 126.3 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.