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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Provincetown Municipal (KPVC) radio calls

Provincetown, MAICAO KPVC · FAA PVC

Provincetown Municipal is a non-towered airport in Provincetown, MA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Provincetown Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Boston Approach on 118.2, which is who you call for VFR flight following.

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

Clearance Delivery120.65
CTAFProvincetown Municipal Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureBoston Approach118.2

Airport

Runways
07 · 25
Right-hand pattern
Runway 25
Elevation
8 ft
Position
42.072, -70.221

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KPVC

Provincetown 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 07; 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 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).
  2. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero seven, Provincetown Municipal.
  3. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero seven, departing the pattern to the north, Provincetown Municipal.
  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. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Provincetown Municipal, Provincetown Municipal.
  6. YouProvincetown Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Provincetown Municipal.
  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. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero seven, full stop, Provincetown Municipal.
  9. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero seven, Provincetown Municipal.
  10. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero seven, full stop, Provincetown Municipal.
  11. YouProvincetown Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero seven, Provincetown Municipal.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Boston Approach on 118.2 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.