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Non-towered · Class E surface area

Rhinelander/Oneida County (KRHI) radio calls

Rhinelander, WIICAO KRHI · FAA RHI

Rhinelander/Oneida County is a non-towered airport in Rhinelander, WI. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Rhinelander/Oneida County Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.

The airport has a Class E surface area: no radio requirement to enter, but VFR weather minimums apply to the surface. Published hours: CLASS E SVC 0600-2200 MON-FRI, 0600-1930 SAT, 1000-2200 SUN; OTHER TIMES CLASS G.

Frequencies

CTAFRhinelander/Oneida County Traffic123.0

Airport

Runways
09 · 27 · 15 · 33
Elevation
1,623 ft
Position
45.631, -89.467

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KRHI

Rhinelander/Oneida County 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 09; 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 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).
  2. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero niner, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  3. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero niner, departing the pattern to the north, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  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. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Rhinelander/Oneida County, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  6. YouRhinelander/Oneida County UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  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. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero niner, full stop, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  9. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero niner, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  10. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero niner, full stop, Rhinelander/Oneida County.
  11. YouRhinelander/Oneida County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero niner, Rhinelander/Oneida County.

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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