Non-towered · Class G at the surface
Port of Whitman Business Air Center (S94) radio calls
Colfax, WAFAA identifier S94; no ICAO code assigned
Port of Whitman Business Air Center is a non-towered airport in Colfax, WA. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as Port of Whitman Business Air Center 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
| CTAFPort of Whitman Business Air Center Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 08 · 26
- Elevation
- 2,181 ft
- Pattern altitude
- 829 ft MSL (published TPA)
- Position
- 46.859, -117.414
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at S94
Port of Whitman Business Air Center 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 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.
- 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).
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero eight, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero eight, departing the pattern to the north, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- 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).
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing Port of Whitman Business Air Center, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- 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.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero eight, full stop, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero eight, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero eight, full stop, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
- YouPort of Whitman Business Air Center traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero eight, Port of Whitman Business Air Center.
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 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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