A pilot inbound to a non-towered airport broadcasts, "Town and Country traffic, Cessna 123 Bravo Foxtrot is 10 miles south inbound for landing, Town and Country traffic." Why does the broadcast state the airport name at both the beginning and the end?
Why: The FAA study guide explains: "the aircraft should use the name of the airport of intended landing at the beginning of the broadcast, and again at the end of the broadcast. The reason for stating the name twice is to allow others who are on the frequency to confirm where the aircraft is going."
Invents a formal regulatory word-count requirement; the guide describes this as a recommended practice for clarity, not a mandated number of repetitions.
Misreads the repeated name as two separate airports; "Town and Country" is a single airport named at both ends of one broadcast.
UA.V.A.K3 · Source: remote_pilot_study_guide.pdf, p. 41 · Reviewed 2026-10-22