Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field (KTBN) radio calls

Towered airport with a Class D surface area

Sample calls at KTBN

Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney 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 15; 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.

1. There is no ATIS frequency in the FAA data for this airport, so ask Ground for the numbers on your first call: they will give the runway, wind and altimeter.
2. YouForney Ground, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, at the ramp with Information Alpha, request taxi, VFR departure to the north.
3. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Forney Ground, runway one five, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one five.
4. YouRunway one five, taxi via Alpha, hold short of runway one five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
5. 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).
6. YouForney Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, holding short runway one five, ready for departure, northbound.
7. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Forney Tower, runway one five, cleared for takeoff.
8. YouRunway one five, cleared for takeoff, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
9. Inbound: call the tower about 15 miles out, before the Class D boundary (AIM 4-3-2 a).
10. YouForney Tower, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one five miles north, three thousand, with Information Bravo, landing Forney.
11. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, Forney Tower, enter left downwind runway one five, report midfield downwind.
12. YouEnter left downwind runway one five, report midfield, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
13. YouForney Tower, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, midfield left downwind, runway one five.
14. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, runway one five, cleared to land, wind two seven zero at eight.
15. YouRunway one five, cleared to land, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
16. 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).
17. ATCCessna Six Zero Foxtrot, exit at the next taxiway, contact Forney Ground one two three point seven five.
18. YouExit next taxiway, one two three point seven five, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot.
19. YouForney Ground, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one five, taxi to the ramp.

If things change. The tower operates 1300-0400Z++ MON-FRI EXC HOL local. Outside those hours the airport is a non-towered field: self-announce on the CTAF, 125.4 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 →

The calls you will make here

• How to call Ground for taxi →
• Calling the tower inbound →
• Line up and wait, cleared for takeoff, cleared to land →
• First time flying into a Class D airport →

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