Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International (KJAN) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class C surface area

Sample calls at KJAN

Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International has a Class C surface area: establish two-way communication with the approach control before entering, and keep it (AIM 3-2-4 c 3). A reply with your call sign, even "standby", establishes it. The calls below use runway 16L; the tower assigns the runway in use 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. Listen to the ATIS on 121.05 first and note the letter; "with Information (letter)" on your first call lets the controller skip the weather (JO 7110.65 3-10-1).
2. YouJackson Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Jackson Ground, runway one six left, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one six left.
4. YouRunway one six left, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one six left, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. The runway, any clearance onto a runway and every hold-short instruction are read back (AIM 4-3-18 a 9). Stay on Ground through the run-up and switch to Tower when ready (AIM 4-3-14 a).
6. YouJackson Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one six left, ready for departure, northbound.
7. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Jackson Tower, runway one six left, cleared for takeoff.
8. YouRunway one six left, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
9. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Jackson Approach one two five point two five.
10. Youone two five point two five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
11. YouJackson Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
12. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Jackson Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
13. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
14. Inbound: call the approach control before the Class C boundary; a reply with your call sign establishes communication and you may enter (AIM 3-2-4 c 3).
15. YouJackson Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand five hundred, squawking one two zero zero, with Information Bravo, landing Jackson, request Class Charlie service.
16. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Jackson Approach, squawk four six one two, ident.
17. YouSquawk four six one two, ident, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
18. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one, contact Jackson Tower one two zero point niner.
19. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, one two zero point niner, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
20. YouJackson Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, five miles north, three thousand, with Bravo.
21. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Jackson Tower, enter left downwind runway one six left, report midfield downwind.
22. YouEnter left downwind runway one six left, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
23. YouJackson Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one six left.
24. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one six left, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
25. YouRunway one six left, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
26. The wind is information: acknowledged, not read back. Exit at the first available taxiway or as told, taxi clear of the hold-short markings, and change to Ground only when the tower says (AIM 4-3-21).
27. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Jackson Ground one two one point seven.
28. YouExit next taxiway, one two one point seven, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
29. YouJackson Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six left, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 1200-0500Z++ local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 120.9 with the airport name first and last, and the surface area reverts to Class E or Class G as published in the Chart Supplement.

Phraseology from AIM 4-2-3; 4-3-18 a 9; 4-3-14; 4-3-21; 4-4-7 b; 4-1-18 a 3; 3-2-4 c 3. What TowerTalk grades against →

The calls you will make here

• How to call Ground for taxi →
• Calling the tower inbound →
• Line up and wait, cleared for takeoff, cleared to land →
• Class C airport radio calls →
• How to request VFR flight following →
• How to read the ATIS →

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