Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Ruston Regional (KRSN) radio calls
Ruston, LAICAO KRSN · FAA RSN
Ruston Regional is a non-towered airport in Ruston, LA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Ruston Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Monroe Approach on 126.9, 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 Delivery | 118.8 |
|---|---|
| CTAFRuston Regional Traffic | 122.7 |
| Approach / DepartureMonroe Approach | 126.9 |
Airport
- Runways
- 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 317 ft
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 ft MSL (published TPA)
- Position
- 32.513, -92.588
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at KRSN
Ruston Regional 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 18; 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 122.7. 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).
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one eight, Ruston Regional.
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one eight, departing the pattern to the north, Ruston Regional.
- 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).
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Ruston Regional, Ruston Regional.
- YouRuston Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Ruston Regional.
- 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.
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one eight, full stop, Ruston Regional.
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one eight, Ruston Regional.
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one eight, full stop, Ruston Regional.
- YouRuston Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one eight, Ruston Regional.
If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Monroe Approach on 126.9 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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