Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field (KMGC) radio calls
Michigan City, INICAO KMGC · FAA MGC
Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field is a non-towered airport in Michigan City, IN. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is South Bend Approach on 118.55, 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 Delivery | 118.625 |
|---|---|
| CTAFMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field Traffic | 122.7 |
| Approach / DepartureSouth Bend Approach | 118.55 |
Airport
- Runways
- 02 · 20
- Elevation
- 655 ft
- Position
- 41.703, -86.821
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KMGC
Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.7, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 02; 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 122.7. 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).
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero two, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero two, departing the pattern to the north, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- 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).
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- 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.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero two, full stop, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero two, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero two, full stop, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
- YouMichigan City Municipal-Phillips Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero two, Michigan City Municipal-Phillips Field.
If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call South Bend Approach on 118.55 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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