Myrtle Beach International (KMYR) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class C surface area

Sample calls at KMYR

Myrtle Beach 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 18; 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 123.925 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. YouMyrtle Beach Clearance, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, VFR to the north, request clearance.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Clearance, maintain VFR at or below two thousand five hundred, departure frequency one one niner point two, squawk four six one two.
4. YouAt or below two thousand five hundred, departure one one niner point two, squawk four six one two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. YouMyrtle Beach Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
6. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Ground, runway one eight, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one eight.
7. YouRunway one eight, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one eight, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
8. 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).
9. YouMyrtle Beach Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one eight, ready for departure, northbound.
10. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Tower, runway one eight, cleared for takeoff.
11. YouRunway one eight, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
12. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Myrtle Beach Approach one one niner point two.
13. Youone one niner point two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
14. YouMyrtle Beach Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
15. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
16. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
17. 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).
18. YouMyrtle Beach Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand five hundred, squawking one two zero zero, with Information Bravo, landing Myrtle Beach, request Class Charlie service.
19. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Approach, squawk four six one two, ident.
20. YouSquawk four six one two, ident, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
21. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one, contact Myrtle Beach Tower one two eight point four five.
22. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, one two eight point four five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
23. YouMyrtle Beach Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, five miles north, three thousand, with Bravo.
24. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Myrtle Beach Tower, enter left downwind runway one eight, report midfield downwind.
25. YouEnter left downwind runway one eight, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
26. YouMyrtle Beach Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one eight.
27. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one eight, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
28. YouRunway one eight, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
29. 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).
30. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Myrtle Beach Ground one two zero point three.
31. YouExit next taxiway, one two zero point three, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
32. YouMyrtle Beach Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 0600-2300 local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 128.45 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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