Towered · Class D surface area
St Paul Downtown Holman Field (KSTP) radio calls
St Paul, MNICAO KSTP · FAA STP
St Paul Downtown Holman Field is a towered airport in St Paul, MN. You will taxi with Ground on 121.675 and work Saint Paul Tower on 119.1, after listening to the ATIS on 118.35. The approach control is Minneapolis Approach on 121.2, which is who you call for VFR flight following. The tower operates 0600-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-2200 SAT-SUN local.
The airport has a Class D surface area: two-way radio communication with the tower must be established before entering. Published hours: CLASS D SVC 0600-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-2200 SAT-SUN; OTHER TIMES CLASS E.
Frequencies
| ATIS | 118.35 |
|---|---|
| Clearance Delivery | 121.675 |
| GroundSaint Paul Ground | 121.675 |
| TowerSaint Paul Tower | 119.1 |
| CTAF | 119.1 |
| UNICOM | 122.95 |
| Approach / DepartureMinneapolis Approach | 121.2 |
Airport
- Runways
- 09 · 27 · 13 · 31 · 14 · 32
- Right-hand pattern
- Runway 27
- Elevation
- 705 ft
- Pattern altitude
- 1,200 ft MSL (published TPA)
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-2200 SAT-SUN local
- Position
- 44.935, -93.060
Towered airport with a Class D surface area
Sample calls at KSTP
St Paul Downtown Holman Field 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 09; 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.
- Listen to the ATIS on 118.35 first and note the letter; "with Information (letter)" on your first call lets the controller skip the weather (JO 7110.65 3-10-1).
- YouSaint Paul Clearance, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, VFR to the north, request clearance.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Paul Clearance, maintain VFR at or below two thousand five hundred, departure frequency one two one point two, squawk four six one two.
- YouAt or below two thousand five hundred, departure one two one point two, squawk four six one two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouSaint Paul Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Paul Ground, runway zero niner, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero niner.
- YouRunway zero niner, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway zero niner, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- 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).
- YouSaint Paul Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway zero niner, ready for departure, northbound.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Paul Tower, runway zero niner, cleared for takeoff.
- YouRunway zero niner, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, contact Minneapolis Approach one two one point two.
- Youone two one point two, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouMinneapolis Approach, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, two thousand climbing four thousand five hundred, request VFR flight following to the north.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Minneapolis Approach, radar contact, altimeter three zero zero one.
- YouAltimeter three zero zero one, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
- YouSaint Paul Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Saint Paul.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Saint Paul Tower, enter left downwind runway zero niner, report midfield downwind.
- YouEnter left downwind runway zero niner, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouSaint Paul Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway zero niner.
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway zero niner, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
- YouRunway zero niner, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- 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).
- ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Saint Paul Ground one two one point six seven five.
- YouExit next taxiway, one two one point six seven five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
- YouSaint Paul Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero niner, taxi to the ramp.
If things change. The tower operates 0600-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-2200 SAT-SUN local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 119.1 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 →
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