Wiley Post (KPWA) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class D surface area

Sample calls at KPWA

Wiley Post has a Class D surface area: establish two-way communication with the tower before entering (AIM 3-2-5 b 3). A reply that uses your call sign, even "standby", establishes it; "aircraft calling, standby" does not. The calls below use runway 13; 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 128.725 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. YouWiley Post Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Wiley Post Ground, runway one three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one three.
4. YouRunway one three, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one three, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. 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).
6. YouWiley Post Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one three, ready for departure, northbound.
7. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Wiley Post Tower, runway one three, cleared for takeoff.
8. YouRunway one three, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
9. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Oke City Approach one two zero point four five.
10. Youone two zero point four five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
11. YouOke City Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
12. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Oke City Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
13. YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
14. Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
15. YouWiley Post Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Wiley Post.
16. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Wiley Post Tower, enter left downwind runway one three, report midfield downwind.
17. YouEnter left downwind runway one three, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
18. YouWiley Post Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one three.
19. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one three, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
20. YouRunway one three, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
21. 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).
22. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Wiley Post Ground one two one point seven.
23. YouExit next taxiway, one two one point seven, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
24. YouWiley Post Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one three, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 0700-2200 local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 126.9 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; 3-2-5 b 3; 4-3-2 a. 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 →
• First time flying into a Class D airport →
• How to request VFR flight following →
• How to read the ATIS →

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