Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Kentucky Dam State Park (M34) radio calls
Calvert City, KYFAA identifier M34; no ICAO code assigned
Kentucky Dam State Park is a non-towered airport in Calvert City, KY. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.0, as Kentucky Dam State Park Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call.
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
| CTAFKentucky Dam State Park Traffic | 123.0 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 10 · 28
- Elevation
- 351 ft
- Position
- 37.010, -88.299
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at M34
Kentucky Dam State Park has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.0, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 10; 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.
- Tune 123.0. 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).
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway one zero, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway one zero, departing the pattern to the north, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- 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).
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Kentucky Dam State Park, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- 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.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway one zero, full stop, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway one zero, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway one zero, full stop, Kentucky Dam State Park.
- YouKentucky Dam State Park traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway one zero, Kentucky Dam State Park.
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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Frequencies, runways and airspace from the FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR) 28-day subscription, cycle effective Sep 3, 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.
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