Pilot Radio Scenarios by Category

Use category-focused training to build phraseology confidence in the exact phase of flight you are practicing.

Circuits

20 scenarios available for this category.

CTAF Starting Engines: You are on the apron at a non-towered field before your first circuit of the day. Advise you are starting engines so other traffic knows you may soon taxi.
CTAF Taxi for Circuits: After engine start at a CTAF field you are taxiing from the apron toward the runway for circuit training. Announce your movement.
CTAF Joining Downwind: You are joining the circuit from outside the pattern at a CTAF aerodrome. Broadcast position, level, and joining instruction.
Taxi for Circuits (Controlled): Engines running on the GA apron at {{LOCATION}}; Listen to the ATIS then call Ground and request taxi for circuit training.
Taxi to Holding Point (Readback): Ground has cleared you to the holding point for your circuit runway. Read back correctly.
Holding Short — Ready Circuits: You are holding short of the active runway for circuit work. Call Tower and state you are ready.

2 scenarios available for this category.

Class D Zone Entry Request: You are approaching a Class D control zone VFR. Call Tower with position, level, and request zone entry / join for landing.
Class D Departure and Frequency Change: You have just departed Class D airspace and want to leave Tower frequency for area or CTAF. Transmit your request at an appropriate point.

5 scenarios available for this category.

CTAF Inbound 10 NM Broadcast: You are inbound to a non-towered aerodrome, about 10 NM out. Give a short CTAF broadcast: where you are, your height, and that you are inbound.
CTAF Inbound 10 NM Broadcast: You are inbound to a non-towered aerodrome, about 10 NM out. Make a CTAF broadcast: position, level, intentions, and circuit timing estimate.
CTAF Inbound 10 NM Broadcast: You are inbound to a non-towered aerodrome, about 10 NM out. Make a full CTAF broadcast: position and distance, level, inbound track or reporting point if relevant, intentions, circuit joining intention, and a circuit timing estimate.
CTAF Joining Circuit: You are joining the circuit at a CTAF aerodrome. Transmit a traffic call appropriate to the leg you are joining.
CTAF Backtrack and Depart: At a non-towered field you need to backtrack the runway before departure. Announce what you are doing and your departure direction.

2 scenarios available for this category.

Flight Following / Traffic Service Request: You want surveillance or traffic information from Centre enroute. Make the initial call with identification, position, level, and request.
Enroute Position Report: You are on a traffic information service and need to pass a routine position / level / estimate. Call Centre with your report.

4 scenarios available for this category.

Taxi Clearance Request: You are on the GA apron at a controlled aerodrome with ATIS/AWIS received. Call Ground with a short taxi request for VFR departure.
Taxi Clearance Request: You are on the GA apron at a controlled aerodrome with ATIS/AWIS received. You need taxi for a VFR departure. Call Ground and request taxi; you will read back a holding-point routing.
Taxi Clearance Request: You are on the GA apron at a controlled aerodrome with ATIS/AWIS received. Request taxi, then read back a complex routing with a hold short, then acknowledge a frequency reminder.
Taxi Readback With Hold Short: Ground has issued taxi routing with a hold short. Read back the clearance correctly and concisely.

2 scenarios available for this category.

Tower Ready for Departure: You are holding short of the runway at a towered field, ready to depart. Call Tower and state you are ready.
Tower Landing Clearance Readback: Tower has issued landing clearance. Read it back correctly.

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