Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Poplar Bluff Regional Business (KPOF) radio calls
Poplar Bluff, MOICAO KPOF · FAA POF
Poplar Bluff Regional Business is a non-towered airport in Poplar Bluff, MO. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Poplar Bluff Regional Business 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
| CTAFPoplar Bluff Regional Business Traffic | 123.0 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 331 ft
- Position
- 36.774, -90.325
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KPOF
Poplar Bluff Regional Business 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.
- 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).
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- 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).
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Poplar Bluff Regional Business, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- 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.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
- YouPoplar Bluff Regional Business traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, Poplar Bluff Regional Business.
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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