Peter,

I apologize, it was "A/FD" that I meant.

The purpose of my question was actually more based on something that
happened to me the other day.
I should have given a better example
I always fly from KBMG ( Bloomington, IN ) and it is true that the A/FD
states that it is "Blomington tower".
There's a small airport in the vicinity that is not a towered airport,
where I practice touch and goes sometimes. It is KBFR ( Befdord, IN ).
There's an AWOS that states "Grissom Municipal airport".
However most of the people when flying around call "Bedford traffic" and
I do too since this is what I had been told by my CFI.
If the AWOS doesn't work ( it has happened at that airport ), how would
I figure out that I should call "Bedford traffic" instead of "Grissom
traffic". There's usually noone at the Unicom on the ground to answer calls.

Of course, all of this is not a big deal and choosing one or the other
from the airport directory shouldn't make much difference usually but I
was just wondering how I could do the thing right at first.


Based on the multiple posts on this thread there doesn't seem to really
be a rule of thumb, so I guess and will try to choose the easier one to
pronounce until I hear something different from somone else.

Thanks




Peter Duniho wrote:

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Peter Duniho" wrote:

[snip]


Of course you did. You certainly didn't state any sort of actual
reliable
method for determining an answer to the original question.


One thing you can do is look at the airport diagram (available at
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp)



That's an excellent point. That reference is a reliable place to find the
information originally asked for, and the airport diagrams are now available
in the A/FD as well as in the FLIP charts where they always were.

For that matter, the A/FD has the correct name to use printed in the
"Communications" section. Now that you mention it, I'm a little puzzled as
to why this thread exists at all. Obviously, I (along with apparently
everyone else) have internalized the information in the A/FD so thoroughly
that I (along with everyone else) forgot that they print the correct name to
use in there?

I mean, the original poster even seems to be referencing the A/FD
specifically (though he wrote "AD", I agree with Jose that it's a good guess
he really meant A/FD). How did this question even come up, when the correct
information is right there?

I think that collectively, the entire newsgroup needs to go sit in the
corner with our dunce caps on. Thanks Bob.



In the case of Monroe County Airport, the airport diagram indicates
the tower name is Bloomington Tower.



As does the A/FD entry.



Note that at least one tower I know will answer to different names
(KBED's diagram indicates Hanscom tower, but they answer to Bedford
tower as well).



I imagine that pretty much any tower will answer to pretty much any radio
call on their frequency, regardless of what you call them, as long as you're
polite anyway. I'm sure that Paine Tower, for example, will respond to
Everett Tower, Snohomish County Tower, and Snohomish Tower. They will
probably tell you the correct designation (Paine) in their response, but no
real harm will come from using the wrong name.

Pete