Calls on the radio

Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.


Thanks

Pascal wrote:
Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

I would just call them Monroe Tower. Leave out the "County" part; it
doesn't add anything.

Consider the case of multiple airports in the same city; wouldn't it
be confusing if people called both Kennedy Tower and LaGuardia Tower,
"New York Tower"?

Another trick is to just call them "Tower", and wait to see how they
respond :-)

In article , Pascal wrote:

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.

They'll probably answer to either. I'm pretty sure people call KBED
"Hanscom" and "Bedford"... I'm quite certain I've used both - sometimes
in the same flight.

--
Bob Noel
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lawyers will hate

Pascal wrote:
Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD

AD?

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.

I think it really depends. With something like BMG (or is it BMI?), you
should be able to tell from the ATIS. The only airport that I really
embarrassed myself at like that was HUF.

When going to a new airport, the AD


AD?

AF/D

Jose
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:08:41 -0400, Pascal wrote
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When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

If you look he http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBMG
for Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN, you find it being called
Bloomington Tower.

Take a look at KSNA: http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSNA

While it indicates that the correct radio call is John Wayne Tower, I
prefer to call them Orange County or Santa Ana. I've never had any
difficulty.

How about, "Hey you guys....."
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Gene Seibel
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Pascal wrote:
Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.


Thanks

In article , Pascal
wrote:

Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.


Thanks

You should figure this out during your preflight prep. The A/FD would
be a good place to start.

How about just "tower"?

"Pascal" wrote in message
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Hello,

This might have been brought up in the newsgroup before but I couldn't
find anything about it.

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk I
could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.


Thanks

Bob Noel wrote:

In article , Pascal wrote:

When going to a new airport, the AD would have sometimes something like :
Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, IN

What call should I do ?
Monroe County tower, Cessna XXXX ...
or
Bloomington tower, Cessna XXXX ...

Usually if I listen to what's being said on the frequency before I talk
I could figure it out, but sometimes some airports don't have that much
traffic and it's a little harder to know what is the proper thing to say.

They'll probably answer to either. I'm pretty sure people call KBED
"Hanscom" and "Bedford"... I'm quite certain I've used both - sometimes
in the same flight.

When I'm talking about Hanscom (BED) to a TRACON, particularly if far away, I
usually say Bedford - Hanscom. I notice that even Boston TRACON says "enroute
to Bedford" and the like, although they refer to "Hanscom Tower." I figure the
extra syllables to say Hanscom are worth it when I'm far away, especially since
Bedford isn't uncommon and the "New Bedford airport" is also in eastern
Massachusetts. ("Take me home to BED works too.")

Of course if you really wanted to be a clown, you could say, "Laurence G.
Hanscom airport", which could easily be confused with Lawrence Muni, which is
nearby. Or the "(Major) General Ed Lawrence Logan airport," usually referred by
ATC as "Boston."

Some towers (and CTAFs for that matter) seem to use the locality name as their
callsign, and others sometimes use the airport name, (if there is a
difference). No rhyme or reason, just have to listen to what others are saying,
and take a guess if you don't know.