Taxi and Ground Operations at Uncontrolled Fields

If the information station provides only the taxiway and runway but not the wind and QNH, you request departure information next. This is common; stations vary in their procedures.

Two-Step Information Request

OE-CMV

ACTION: Taxi, then departure information

PILOT: Wels Radio, OE-CMV, on apron, request taxi information.

RADIO: OE-CMV, taxi via Alpha, runway 27.

PILOT: Taxi via Alpha, runway 27, OE-CMV. [After taxiing to the holding point

PILOT: Wels Radio, OE-CMV, holding point runway 27, ready for departure, request departure information.

RADIO: OE-CMV, wind 280 degrees 3 knots, QNH 1016.

PILOT: Wind 280 degrees 3 knots, QNH 1016, OE-CMV.