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Non-towered · Class E surface area

Vernal Regional (KVEL) radio calls

Vernal, UTICAO KVEL · FAA VEL

Vernal Regional is a non-towered airport in Vernal, UT. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.7, as Vernal Regional Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.

The airport has a Class E surface area: no radio requirement to enter, but VFR weather minimums apply to the surface. Published hours: CLASS E SVC 0600-1400 AND 1600-2000 MON-FRI, 0600-1600 SAT, 1000-1400 AND 1600-2000 SUN; OTHER TIMES CLASS G.

Frequencies

CTAFVernal Regional Traffic122.7

Airport

Runways
17 · 35
Elevation
5,274 ft
Position
40.436, -109.511

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KVEL

Vernal 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 17; 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 122.7. 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).
  2. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one seven, Vernal Regional.
  3. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one seven, departing the pattern to the north, Vernal Regional.
  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. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Vernal Regional, Vernal Regional.
  6. YouVernal Regional UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Vernal Regional.
  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. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one seven, full stop, Vernal Regional.
  9. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one seven, Vernal Regional.
  10. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one seven, full stop, Vernal Regional.
  11. YouVernal Regional traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one seven, Vernal Regional.

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 →

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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.