Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Prairie Du Chien Municipal (KPDC) radio calls
Prairie Du Chien, WIICAO KPDC · FAA PDC
Prairie Du Chien Municipal is a non-towered airport in Prairie Du Chien, WI. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Prairie Du Chien Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
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
| CTAFPrairie Du Chien Municipal Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 11 · 29 · 14 · 32
- Elevation
- 660 ft
- Position
- 43.019, -91.124
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KPDC
Prairie Du Chien Municipal has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.8, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 11; 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 122.8. 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).
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one one, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one one, departing the pattern to the north, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- 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).
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Prairie Du Chien Municipal, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- 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.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one one, full stop, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one one, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one one, full stop, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
- YouPrairie Du Chien Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one one, Prairie Du Chien Municipal.
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 →
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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Sep 3, 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.
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