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Non-towered · Class E surface area

Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field (KMCB) radio calls

Mc Comb, MSICAO KMCB · FAA MCB

Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field is a non-towered airport in Mc Comb, MS. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.05, as Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.

The airport has a Class E surface area: no radio requirement to enter, but VFR weather minimums apply to the surface.

Frequencies

CTAFMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field Traffic123.05

Airport

Runways
16 · 34
Elevation
413 ft
Position
31.178, -90.472

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KMCB

Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.05, 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 123.05. 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. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one six, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  3. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one six, departing the pattern to the north, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  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. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  6. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  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. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one six, full stop, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  9. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one six, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  10. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one six, full stop, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.
  11. YouMc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one six, Mc Comb/Pike County/John e Lewis Field.

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 →

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.