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Prestwick (EGPK) radio calls

Service
ATC
You call it
Prestwick Tower
Elevation
65 ft

Frequencies

ServiceFrequency
Tower118.155
Approach124.630

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

Radio calls at Prestwick

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

  1. Taxi

    Prestwick Tower 118.155

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

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

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

  2. Readback

    118.155

    Taxi to holding point Alpha runway one two, 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

    Prestwick Tower 118.155

    G-CD, ready for departure.

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

  4. Downwind

    Prestwick Tower 118.155

    G-CD, downwind.

    G-CD, report final.

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

  5. Final and landing

    Prestwick Tower 118.155

    G-CD, final.

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

    A landing clearance is read back in full.

  6. Vacating

    Prestwick Tower 118.155

    G-CD, runway vacated.

    G-CD, taxi to the apron.

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