Non-towered · Class E surface area
Ralph Wien Meml (PAOT) radio calls
Kotzebue, AKICAO PAOT · FAA OTZ
Ralph Wien Meml is a non-towered airport in Kotzebue, AK. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 123.6, as Ralph Wien Meml Traffic, with the airport name at the start and end of each call, and a UNICOM on 122.8 can give you the wind and runway in use.
The airport has a Class E surface area: no radio requirement to enter, but VFR weather minimums apply to the surface.
Frequencies
| CTAFRalph Wien Meml Traffic | 123.6 |
|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Airport
- Runways
- 09 · 27 · 18 · 36
- Elevation
- 15 ft
- Position
- 66.885, -162.598
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at PAOT
Ralph Wien Meml has no operating control tower. Every call below goes out on the CTAF, 123.6, to the other aircraft, not to a controller. The runway shown is 09; 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 123.6. 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).
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero niner, Ralph Wien Meml.
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero niner, departing the pattern to the north, Ralph Wien Meml.
- 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).
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Ralph Wien Meml, Ralph Wien Meml.
- YouRalph Wien Meml UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Ralph Wien Meml.
- 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.
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero niner, full stop, Ralph Wien Meml.
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero niner, Ralph Wien Meml.
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero niner, full stop, Ralph Wien Meml.
- YouRalph Wien Meml traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero niner, Ralph Wien Meml.
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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