Full flight: a busy Saturday at Langley Regional (CYNJ)
A whole flight in one go, about twenty calls: radio check, taxi, a hold short, takeoff, traffic, a touch and go, a go-around and taxi in (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide).
The situation
You are the pilot of C-GABC, a Cessna 172 parked at Langley Regional (CYNJ). You have listened to the ATIS and you are going up for two circuits: a touch and go, then a full stop. It is a busy Saturday. Start with a radio check on Langley Ground.
Practise this call →Sources
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide (v3, April 2022), 'Radio Check' (p. 19): ATS '(aircraft call sign) READ YOU (readability number)'; the example ends with the pilot's call sign
- Guide, 'Taxi' (p. 21) and 'Readback/Hearback' (p. 17): taxi instruction with runway and route, read back by the pilot
- Guide, 'Hold Short' (p. 24): ATC '(aircraft call sign) HOLD SHORT (runway number)', pilot 'HOLDING SHORT (runway number) (aircraft call sign)'; a hold short instruction must be read back
- Guide, 'Takeoff' (p. 26): '(aircraft call sign) (wind) CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY (number)', read back with the runway
- Guide, 'Basic Circuit Pattern' (pp. 29-30): '(aircraft call sign) DOWNWIND (runway number)'; '(aircraft call sign) BASE/FINAL (runway number) (intentions)'; ATC requests reporting points ('report final'); 'you are number two, traffic on downwind'
- Guide, 'Circuit Exercises' (p. 32): 'DOWNWIND (runway number) REQUEST (your request)', exercises include touch-and-go and full stop landing
- Guide, 'Traffic' (p. 34): ATC '(aircraft call sign) TRAFFIC (position based on 12hr clock, direction, aircraft type, altitude)'; pilot 'LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC/TRAFFIC IN SIGHT (aircraft call sign)'; 'with the traffic' should not be used or accepted
- Guide, 'Landing' (p. 41): ATC '(aircraft call sign) (wind) CLEARED (land/touch-and-go/etc.) RUNWAY (runway number)'; pilot 'CLEARED (land) RUNWAY (runway number)'
- Guide, 'Pull Up' (p. 44): ATC '(aircraft call sign) PULL UP AND GO AROUND (reason)', example 'pull up and go around, aircraft on the runway'; pilot 'GOING AROUND (aircraft call sign)'; the example ends there
- Guide, 'Taxi Instructions After Landing' (p. 45): frequency change read back '(frequency) when off, (call sign)'; taxi-in request and readback
- Guide, 'Standard Words and Phrases' (p. 6): NEGATIVE, I SAY AGAIN, SAY AGAIN
- Canada Flight Supplement: Ground 121.9, RIGHT-hand circuits rwy 25, taxi via Echo for rwy 25 (partly local knowledge)
- local knowledge: the main apron
Related practice
Full flight: Abbotsford to Chilliwack and back
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