Santa Monica to Van Nuys
Santa Monica (KSMO) → Van Nuys (KVNY)
Flying a Cessna 172
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Route — where to say what
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Santa Monica Ground 121.9
Get the ATIS on 119.15, call Ground with your position and the ATIS letter, request taxi for a VFR departure to Van Nuys, and read back the runway and any hold-short instruction.
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Santa Monica Tower 120.1
Tell the tower you are holding short and ready for departure, read back "line up and wait" or "cleared for takeoff" with the runway, and leave the Class D with a frequency change to SoCal Approach.
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SoCal Approach 124.3
Request VFR flight following to Van Nuys: identification, type, position, altitude, destination. Read back the squawk, ident when asked, acknowledge "radar contact" and the altimeter, and answer any traffic with "traffic in sight" or "negative contact".
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Van Nuys Tower 120.2
Call the tower about 15 miles out with the ATIS letter, read back the pattern entry and runway, report as instructed, read back "cleared to land" with the runway, exit the runway and contact Ground when told.
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Santa Monica Ground · 121.9Get the ATIS on 119.15, call Ground with your position and the ATIS letter, request taxi for a VFR departure to Van Nuys, and read back the runway and any hold-short instruction.
You're on the ramp at Santa Monica. Listen to the ATIS, then call Santa Monica Ground: identification, position, "with Information (letter)", request taxi VFR to Van Nuys.
Make your first call to Santa Monica Ground to begin the flight.
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Practice aid only — not the official FRTOL test and not a guaranteed pass. Always defer to CAP 413, your instructor or examiner and the CAA. Frequencies and details are indicative for practice — check the current UK AIP before flying. Not for operational use.