Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Astronaut Kent Rominger (KRCV) radio calls
Del Norte, COICAO KRCV · FAA RCV
Astronaut Kent Rominger is a non-towered airport in Del Norte, CO. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.9, as Astronaut Kent Rominger 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
| CTAFAstronaut Kent Rominger Traffic | 122.9 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 03 · 21 · 06 · 24
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 06
- Elevation
- 7,955 ft
- Position
- 37.714, -106.352
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KRCV
Astronaut Kent Rominger has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.9, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 03; 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 122.9. 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).
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero three, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero three, departing the pattern to the north, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- 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).
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Astronaut Kent Rominger, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero three, full stop, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero three, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero three, full stop, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
- YouAstronaut Kent Rominger traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero three, Astronaut Kent Rominger.
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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