Non-towered · Class G at the surface
West Branch Community (Y31) radio calls
West Branch, MIFAA identifier Y31; no ICAO code assigned
West Branch Community is a non-towered airport in West Branch, MI. Nobody clears you to do anything: you self-announce on the CTAF, 122.8, as West Branch Community 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
| CTAFWest Branch Community Traffic | 122.8 |
|---|
Airport
- Runways
- 09 · 27
- Elevation
- 882 ft
- Position
- 44.245, -84.180
Non-towered airport: self-announce on the CTAF
Sample calls at Y31
West Branch Community 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 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 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).
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, taxiing to runway zero niner, West Branch Community.
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, departing runway zero niner, departing the pattern to the north, West Branch Community.
- 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).
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Three One Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, two thousand five hundred, landing West Branch Community, West Branch Community.
- YouWest Branch Community UNICOM, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, one zero miles south, request wind and runway information, West Branch Community.
- 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.
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, entering left downwind runway zero niner, full stop, West Branch Community.
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, left base runway zero niner, West Branch Community.
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, final runway zero niner, full stop, West Branch Community.
- YouWest Branch Community traffic, Cessna Six Zero Foxtrot, clear of runway zero niner, West Branch Community.
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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