Barton (City Manchester) (EGCB) radio calls

Frequencies

These frequencies have been checked by hand. Always confirm against the current AIP before flight.

Radio calls at Barton (City Manchester)

Barton (City Manchester) has a Flight Information Service, so the station is “Barton (City Manchester) Information”. An AFIS gives you information and traffic, not instructions: nobody clears you to land, and the decision is yours.

1. Initial call

   Barton (City Manchester) Information 120.255

   Barton (City Manchester) Information, G-ABCD.

   G-ABCD, Barton (City Manchester) Information, pass your message.

2. Passing your message

   120.255

   G-ABCD, Cessna 152, 5 miles south, 2,000 feet on QNH one zero one five, inbound to land, request joining instructions.

   G-ABCD, runway zero eight left, QNH one zero one five, two aircraft in the circuit, report overhead.

   The runway and QNH are read back. “Report overhead” is answered “Wilco”.

3. Overhead join

   120.255

   Runway two three, QNH one zero one five, wilco, G-CD.

   An AFIS cannot clear you to join — it tells you the runway and what else is about, and you position yourself.

4. Downwind

   120.255

   G-CD, downwind.

   G-CD, roger, number two to a Cessna on base.

5. Final

   120.255

   G-CD, final.

   G-CD, roger, surface wind two four zero degrees eight knots, land at your discretion.

   “Land at your discretion”, never “cleared to land” — that is the difference an examiner listens for.

6. Vacated

   120.255

   G-CD, runway vacated.

   G-CD, roger, taxi at your discretion.

Practise these calls at EGCB

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