Towered · Class D surface area

Manhattan Regional (KMHK) radio calls

Manhattan, KSICAO KMHK · FAA MHK

Manhattan Regional is a towered airport in Manhattan, KS. You will taxi with Ground on 121.85 and work Manhattan Tower on 118.55. The approach control is Marshall Aaf Gca Approach on 121.25, which is who you call for VFR flight following. The tower operates 0600-2200 local.

The airport has a Class D surface area: two-way radio communication with the tower must be established before entering. Published hours: CLASS D SVC 0600-2200; OTHER TIMES CLASS E.

Frequencies

GroundManhattan Ground	121.85
TowerManhattan Tower	118.55
CTAF	118.55
Approach / DepartureMarshall Aaf Gca Approach	121.25

Airport

Runways: 03 · 21 · 13 · 31
Right-hand pattern: Runway 31, 03
Elevation: 1,066 ft
Pattern altitude: 843 ft MSL (published TPA)
Tower hours: 0600-2200 local
Position: 39.141, -96.672

Towered airport with a Class D surface area

Sample calls at KMHK

Manhattan Regional has a Class D surface area: establish two-way communication with the tower before entering (AIM 3-2-5 b 3). A reply that uses your call sign, even "standby", establishes it; "aircraft calling, standby" does not. The calls below use runway 03; 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.

There is no ATIS frequency in the FAA data for this airport, so ask Ground for the numbers on your first call: they will give the runway, wind and altimeter.
YouManhattan Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Ground, runway zero three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero three.
YouRunway zero three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero three, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
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).
YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway zero three, ready for departure, northbound.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Tower, runway zero three, cleared for takeoff.
YouRunway zero three, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Marshall Aaf Gca Approach one two one point two five.
Youone two one point two five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
YouMarshall Aaf Gca Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Marshall Aaf Gca Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Manhattan.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Tower, enter left downwind runway zero three, report midfield downwind.
YouEnter left downwind runway zero three, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway zero three.
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway zero three, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
YouRunway zero three, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
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).
ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Manhattan Ground one two one point eight five.
YouExit next taxiway, one two one point eight five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
YouManhattan Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero three, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 0600-2200 local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 118.55 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; 3-2-5 b 3; 4-3-2 a. What TowerTalk grades against →

The calls you will make here

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Manhattan Regional (KMHK) radio calls

Manhattan, KSICAO KMHK · FAA MHK

The airport has a Class D surface area: two-way radio communication with the tower must be established before entering. Published hours: CLASS D SVC 0600-2200; OTHER TIMES CLASS E.

GroundManhattan Ground

121.85

TowerManhattan Tower

118.55

CTAF

118.55

Approach / DepartureMarshall Aaf Gca Approach

121.25

Sample calls at KMHK

There is no ATIS frequency in the FAA data for this airport, so ask Ground for the numbers on your first call: they will give the runway, wind and altimeter.

YouManhattan Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Ground, runway zero three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero three.

YouRunway zero three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero three, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

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).

YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway zero three, ready for departure, northbound.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Tower, runway zero three, cleared for takeoff.

YouRunway zero three, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Marshall Aaf Gca Approach one two one point two five.

Youone two one point two five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

YouMarshall Aaf Gca Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Marshall Aaf Gca Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.

YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).

YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Manhattan.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Manhattan Tower, enter left downwind runway zero three, report midfield downwind.

YouEnter left downwind runway zero three, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

YouManhattan Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway zero three.

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway zero three, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.

YouRunway zero three, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

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).

ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Manhattan Ground one two one point eight five.

YouExit next taxiway, one two one point eight five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.

YouManhattan Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero three, taxi to the ramp.

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; 3-2-5 b 3; 4-3-2 a. What TowerTalk grades against →