Departure from an uncontrolled aerodrome at Stouffville (CBB2, ATF)
Practises the self-announced calls used departing an uncontrolled aerodrome on the aerodrome traffic frequency, where no ground station answers: a taxi broadcast, a ready-for-departure broadcast, a taking-off broadcast, and a call leaving the area (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, MF Start Up/Taxi/Takeoff pp. 54-55 and Aerodrome Traffic Frequency pp. 56-57).
The situation
You are the pilot of C-GABC, a Cessna 172 parked at Stouffville (CBB2), ready to taxi for a local flight. Stouffville is uncontrolled: no tower, no FSS and no UNICOM. You broadcast your own intentions to Stouffville traffic so others know where you are, and nobody answers. Remember some aircraft here may have no radio at all. Nobody has told you who else is flying, and nobody will: listen first, and build the picture from what you hear.
Practise this call →Sources
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide: MF - Start Up/Taxi/Takeoff pp.54-55 (call structure; CARs 602.97-602.100) and Aerodrome Traffic Frequency (ATF) pp.56-57 (an ATF site uses the same self-broadcast convention as an MF, no FSS response)
- Canada Flight Supplement: ATF 122.8, LEFT-hand circuits rwy 08 (inferred, not read directly)
Related practice
Departure from an uncontrolled aerodrome at Brampton (CNC3, ATF)
the same call at Brampton-Caledon
Circuits at an uncontrolled aerodrome: Stouffville (CBB2, ATF)
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