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After landing at a non-towered airport, the proper CTAF procedure is to
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immediately switch to ground frequency (there is none).
Non-towered airports don't have ground frequency.
✓ self-announce clearing the runway.correct
'[Airport] traffic, [callsign], clear of runway [number], taxiing to [destination], [Airport].' This alerts other aircraft on CTAF that the runway is now free. CTAF self-announce after landing: clearing the runway is essential traffic info — other aircraft on approach or about to depart need to know the runway is free. Standard format: airport name first/last, callsign, position, intentions. After taxi clear, switch to ground or remain on CTAF for taxi advisories.
remain silent; CTAF is for inbound aircraft only.
CTAF is bidirectional — landing aircraft must announce too.
switch off the radio.
Radio off prevents you hearing inbound traffic.
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'[Airport] traffic, [callsign], clear of runway [number], taxiing to [destination], [Airport].' This alerts other aircraft on CTAF that the runway is now free. CTAF self-announce after landing: clearing the runway is essential traffic info — other aircraft on approach or about to depart need to know the runway is free. Standard format: airport name first/last, callsign, position, intentions. After taxi clear, switch to ground or remain on CTAF for taxi advisories.
FAA source: AIM 4-1-9, AC 90-66C; AIM 4-1-9 Traffic Advisory Practicesbrowse the reference library →
Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.