Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County (KTDO) radio calls

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KTDO

Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.9, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 06; 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 122.9. 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. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero six, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
3. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero six, departing the pattern to the north, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
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. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
6. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero six, full stop, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
7. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero six, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
8. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero six, full stop, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.
9. YouEd Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero six, Ed Carlson Meml Field/South Lewis County.

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 →

The calls you will make here

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