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Non-towered · Class E surface area

Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field (KPBF) radio calls

Pine Bluff, ARICAO KPBF · FAA PBF

Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field is a non-towered airport in Pine Bluff, AR. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Little Rock Approach on 119.85, which is who you call for VFR flight following.

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

Frequencies

Clearance Delivery119.85
CTAFPinebluff Regional/Grider Field Traffic123.0
Approach / DepartureLittle Rock Approach119.85

Airport

Runways
18 · 36
Elevation
206 ft
Pattern altitude
994 ft MSL (published TPA)
Position
34.175, -91.936

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KPBF

Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.0, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 18; 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 123.0. 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. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
  3. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, Pinebluff Regional/Grider 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. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
  6. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Pinebluff Regional/Grider 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. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
  9. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
  10. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
  11. YouPinebluff Regional/Grider Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Little Rock Approach on 119.85 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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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.