Boundary Bay (CZBB)
Frequencies
| Facility | Frequency | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 118.1 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| Tower (outer) | 127.6 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| Ground | 124.3 | Canada Flight Supplement |
| ATIS | 125.5 | Canada Flight Supplement |
Runways
| Runway | Bearing | Dimensions | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 126° | 5605x100 ASPH | not recorded |
| 25 | 253° | 6015x100 ASPH | right-hand |
| 31 | 306° | 5605x100 ASPH | right-hand |
| 07 | 073° | 6015x100 ASPH | left-hand not published |
Runway 07: 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 Boundary Bay specifically.
Taxi request at Boundary Bay (CZBB)
Practises a taxi request at a towered aerodrome that assigns a transponder code along with the taxi route, and reading all of it back correctly (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Taxi p. 21, Transponder Phraseology p. 5; TC AIM RAC 4.2).
Asking for a circuit exercise at Boundary Bay (CZBB)
Practises requesting a circuit exercise, such as a touch-and-go, from the downwind leg, handling a possible 'unable' from ATC, and reading back a landing clearance (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Circuit Exercises pp. 32-33; Basic Circuit Pattern pp. 29-30).
Full circuit session at Boundary Bay (CZBB)
A full gate-to-gate circuit session: a taxi request, a line-up-and-wait instruction, a takeoff clearance, downwind and final reports, a touch-and-go and a full-stop circuit, a landing clearance, and taxiing in, each with its own readback (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide: Taxi p. 21, Line Up/Line Up and Wait p. 25, Takeoff p. 26, Basic Circuit Pattern pp. 29-30, Circuit Exercises p. 32, Landing p. 41, Taxi Instructions After Landing p. 45).
Ready for departure at Boundary Bay (CZBB)
Practises a line-up-and-wait instruction, which the guide is explicit is NOT a takeoff clearance, and reading back each of the two correctly (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Line Up/Line Up and Wait p. 25; Takeoff p. 26).