Abbotsford (CYXX)
Frequencies
| Facility | Frequency | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 119.4 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| Tower (outer) | 121.0 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| Ground | 121.8 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| ATIS | 119.8 | Canada Flight Supplement |
Runways
| Runway | Bearing | Dimensions | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 189° | 5328x200 ASPH | left-hand not published |
| 25 | 249° | 9597x200 ASPH | left-hand not published |
| 07 | 069° | 9597x200 ASPH | right-hand |
| 01 | 009° | 5328x200 ASPH | right-hand |
Runways 19 and 25: the Canada Flight Supplement does not publish a circuit direction here. Circuits are left-hand by default under CAR 602.96 unless right-hand circuits are published, which is what is shown. Confirm against current charts and the CFS before you fly.
Sources
Canada Flight Supplement
Practise here
Speak these calls out loud and get them graded, at Abbotsford specifically.
Out to the practice area from Abbotsford (CYXX)
Practises the everyday training flight the circuit never teaches: a taxi request that states the practice area and your working altitude, a position report to enroute traffic as you leave the zone, and a practice area report that outlines your block of airspace so other aircraft can picture where you are (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Initial Clearance p. 20, General Position Report p. 36, Practice Area Position Report p. 37).
Taxi with a squawk and a hold short at Abbotsford (CYXX)
Practises a taxi request that bundles a transponder code, a taxi route, and a mandatory hold-short instruction into one readback before contacting Tower (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Initial Clearance p. 21, Hold Short p. 23, Transponder Phraseology p. 5).
Inbound to the zone at Abbotsford (CYXX)
Practises calling in to a control zone with your ATIS letter, being sequenced behind other traffic, and reading back a VFR holding (orbit) instruction (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Arrival/Approach p. 39 and VFR Hold p. 40).
A rough-running engine near Abbotsford (CYXX)
Practises the urgency call most pilots never rehearse: recognising that a rough-running engine is a Pan Pan rather than a Mayday, giving ATC the situation, position, request, intentions and persons on board in one transmission, and updating the unit once safely on the ground (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Emergency Communications and Pan Pan, p. 46).