Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Nikolai (PAFS) radio calls
Nikolai, AKICAO PAFS · FAA FSP
Nikolai is a non-towered airport in Nikolai, AK. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Nikolai 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
| CTAFNikolai Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 05 · 23
- Elevation
- 447 ft
- Position
- 63.019, -154.358
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at PAFS
Nikolai has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 122.8, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 05; 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 122.8. 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).
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero five, Nikolai.
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero five, departing the pattern to the north, Nikolai.
- 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).
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Nikolai, Nikolai.
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero five, full stop, Nikolai.
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero five, Nikolai.
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero five, full stop, Nikolai.
- YouNikolai traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero five, Nikolai.
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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