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).
The situation
You are the pilot of C-GABC, a Cessna 172 at Abbotsford (CYXX), the busiest airport you have flown from yet, going out to fly circuits. Abbotsford Ground bundles everything into one transmission here, so listen for all of it: a squawk, the runway, the taxi route, a hold short, and a frequency to contact. Call Abbotsford Ground when ready.
Practise this call →Sources
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide (v3 2022), 'Initial Clearance/Clearance To or Out of the Zone' p. 21, Abbotsford circuits example: pilot '(unit) (callsign) with information (ATIS id) for circuits'; ATC '(callsign) (unit) SQUAWK (code) RUNWAY (n) TAXI VIA (twy) HOLD SHORT RUNWAY (n) CONTACT TOWER (freq)'; pilot readback '(code) TAXI (twy) HOLD SHORT RUNWAY (n) (callsign)'
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, 'Hold Short' (p. 23): 'A HOLD SHORT instruction requires a readback.'
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Transponder Phraseology (p. 5): SQUAWK four-digit code
- TC AIM RAC 4.2 (ground operations / taxi phraseology)
- Canada Flight Supplement: Tower 119.4, runway 07
- Also confirmed by NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide (v3, 2022): Tower 119.4
- Per the NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide (v3, 2022): VFR squawk code assigned by ATC, taxi via Alpha for rwy 07
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