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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field (KRPD) radio calls

Rice Lake, WIICAO KRPD · FAA RPD

Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field is a non-towered airport in Rice Lake, WI. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field 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

CTAFRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field Traffic122.7

Airport

Runways
01 · 19 · 13 · 31
Right-hand pattern
Runway 31, 01
Elevation
1,109 ft
Position
45.420, -91.773

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KRPD

Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.7, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 01, which has a right-hand pattern; 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 122.7. 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. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero one, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  3. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero one, departing the pattern to the north, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  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. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  6. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  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. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero one, full stop, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  9. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero one, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  10. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero one, full stop, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.
  11. YouRice Lake Regional/Carl's Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero one, Rice Lake Regional/Carl's Field.

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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