Pearson Field (KVUO) radio calls

Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF

Sample calls at KVUO

Pearson Field has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 119.0, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 08; 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 119.0. 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. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero eight, Pearson Field.
3. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero eight, departing the pattern to the north, Pearson Field.
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. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Pearson Field, Pearson Field.
6. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero eight, full stop, Pearson Field.
7. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero eight, Pearson Field.
8. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero eight, full stop, Pearson Field.
9. YouPearson Field traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero eight, Pearson Field.

If things change. Want flight following after departure? Call Portland Approach on 124.35 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 →

The calls you will make here

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