London Southend (EGMC) radio calls

Frequencies

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

Radio calls at London Southend

London Southend has an air traffic control unit, so you are given clearances and instructions, and the mandatory items are read back in full.

1. Taxi

   London Southend Tower 127.730

   London Southend Tower, G-ABCD, Cessna 152 at the flying club with information Alpha, request taxi.

   G-ABCD, taxi to holding point Alpha for runway zero five, QNH one zero one five.

   Taxi instructions, the runway in use and the pressure setting are all mandatory readbacks.

2. Readback

   127.730

   Taxi to holding point Alpha runway zero five, QNH one zero one five, G-CD.

   Read back what must be read back, and include your callsign — CAP 413 says a readback always carries it.

3. Departure

   London Southend Tower 127.730

   G-CD, ready for departure.

   G-CD, runway zero five, cleared for take-off, surface wind two four zero degrees eight knots.

4. Downwind

   London Southend Tower 127.730

   G-CD, downwind.

   G-CD, report final.

   “Report final” is an instruction, so the answer is “Wilco”, never “Roger”.

5. Final and landing

   London Southend Tower 127.730

   G-CD, final.

   G-CD, runway zero five, cleared to land, surface wind two four zero degrees eight knots.

   A landing clearance is read back in full.

6. Vacating

   London Southend Tower 127.730

   G-CD, runway vacated.

   G-CD, taxi to the apron.

Practise these calls at EGMC

Nearby airfields

• EGTO Rochester15 nm
• EGSG Stapleford21 nm
• EGSL Andrewsfield Aerodrome21 nm
• EGSX North Weald Airfield22 nm
• EGLC London City24 nm