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Non-towered · Class G at the surface

Taylorville Municipal (KTAZ) radio calls

Taylorville, ILICAO KTAZ · FAA TAZ

Taylorville Municipal is a non-towered airport in Taylorville, IL. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Taylorville Municipal Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call. The approach control for the area is Saint Louis Approach on 126.15, 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

CTAFTaylorville Municipal Traffic122.8
Approach / DepartureSaint Louis Approach126.15

Airport

Runways
09L · 27R · 09R · 27L · 18 · 36
Right-hand pattern
Runway 27R, 09R
Elevation
622 ft
Position
39.533, -89.331

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KTAZ

Taylorville Municipal has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.8, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 09L; 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 122.8. 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. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero niner left, Taylorville Municipal.
  3. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero niner left, departing the pattern to the north, Taylorville Municipal.
  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. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Taylorville Municipal, Taylorville Municipal.
  6. YouTaylorville Municipal UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Taylorville Municipal.
  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. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero niner left, full stop, Taylorville Municipal.
  9. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero niner left, Taylorville Municipal.
  10. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero niner left, full stop, Taylorville Municipal.
  11. YouTaylorville Municipal traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero niner left, Taylorville Municipal.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Saint Louis Approach on 126.15 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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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Oct 29, 2026. Training use only. Always verify against a current Chart Supplement and sectional chart before flight; frequencies change. TowerTalk is not affiliated with the FAA. Report a discrepancy.