Concrete examples of how to talk on the radio: Cessna Skylane N182H at Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (KFNL), soon to change to: Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL), and "NOCO Traffic" pronounced "NoKo". DO NOT ADD EXTRA WORDS... keep your communications sort and concise... learn these words. (Note: # indicates a comment). Get the airport information FNL-AWOS 135.075 and write it down, or Fort Collins Loveland Unicom # Get airport information Skylane Eight Two Hotel # If you could not get AWOS on the ramp request airport advisory Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Taxi to the runway Skylane Eight Two Hotel on the ramp taxiing for departure runway Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Ready to takeoff Skylane Eight Two Hotel departing Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) northwest departure (staying in the pattern) Loveland Get the airport information from AWOS 135.075 and write it down, or Fort Collins Loveland Unicom # Get airport information Skylane Eight Two Hotel # If you could not get AWOS TEN north (10) request airport advisory Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Returning to airport Skylane Eight Two Hotel is Ten (Fife) north (10, 5) # Call at 10 and 5 planning left traffic Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Entering the 45 Skylane Eight Two Hotel entering left 45 for left traffic Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Returning to airport, downwind Skylane Eight Two Hotel left downwind Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) number 1 to land # or number 2 to land, traffic in sight Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Returning to airport, base Skylane Eight Two Hotel left base Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Returning to airport, final Skylane Eight Two Hotel left base turning final Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) Loveland Fort Collins Loveland Traffic # Done with the runway Skylane Eight Two Hotel off runway Tree Tree (33, 15, 6, 24) # Say "off", not "clear" of runway Loveland Response to ATC: "repeat what they said", Eight Two Hotel Cheyenne Approach Skylane One Eight Two Hotel One Fife south, Seven Thousand Fife Hundred, with XRAY for stop and goes Cheyenne Tower on 118.7, Eight Two Hotel, good day! Cheyenne Tower Skylane One Eight Two Hotel airport in sight for stop and goes Skylane One Eight Two Hotel # Say what they said. cleared to land (cleared for the option) Cheyenne Ground Skylane One Eight Two Hotel at Sky Harbor with XRAY ready to taxi to Tree One for a south departure Skylane One Eight Two Hotel # Say what they said. taxiing to Tree One (9, 13, 27, 31) Cheyenne Tower Skylane One Eight Two Hotel ready to takeoff Tree One (9, 13, 27, 31) for a south departure Eight Two Hotel, cleared for takeoff and south departure ---- Denver Approach Skylane One Eight Two Hotel Three Zero North, off Fort Collins Loveland Request Class Bravo to Centennial, 7000 Denver Approach Skylane One Eight Two Hotel has Centennial in sight, with XRAY Centennial Tower Skylane One Eight Two Hotel has Centennial in sight, with XRAY Centennial Ground Skylane One Eight Two Hotel at Alpha 7 to Jet Center Centennial Clearance Skylane One Eight Two Hotel at Jet Center with XRAY ready to taxi, VFR to Loveland #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # @(#) $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2017/12/19 21:11:13 $ # @(#) $Source: /srv/www/www.jerslash.net/tmp/RCS/radio_comm_182H.txt,v $ # @(#) $SystemLocator: havoc.proulx.com $ # @(#) Author: Jer/ Eberhard, 970 231-6325, jer@jerslash.net # @(#) $Author: jer $ #-----------------------------------------------------------------------