COPPERSTATE Departure Procedures

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NOTE: Airspace within 4 nautical miles of the Casa Grande Municipal Airport, up to and including 2500' AGL, will be controlled by a temporary FAA control tower. Check NOTAMS before you depart & listen to ATIS on 132.7 for current information. This page is an excerpt, click here to see the entire Official FAA NOTAM and graphics.

Departure Procedures

1. To ensure the safety of spectators, all aircraft taxiing in the aircraft parking areas must be accompanied by at least one “wingwalker” to ensure that the propeller area remains clear during engine start and taxi. Do not start engines without first enlisting the aid of a fellow pilot, COPPERSTATE volunteer, Civil Air Patrol cadet, or other qualified person to perform this function. The wingwalker must accompany the aircraft until you have taxied clear of all areas where spectators are present.
2. Obtain departure information via ATIS on 132.7.
3. Change to and MONITOR Ground Control on 127.9 as you follow directions of flagmen to the departure runway. Contact Ground Control only when necessary for clarification or to request alternate taxi instructions. When necessary, Ground Control may use “color and type” identification when transmitting additional instructions to you (ie, “Blue and white Cherokee, give way to the Glasair on your left”).
4. Change to and MONITOR COPPERSTATE Tower on 119.8 when signs or flagmen indicate you should do so-- and in no case later than when you are number three for takeoff. Tower will assume you are ready for takeoff upon your arrival at the end of the runway.
5. After departure, fly runway heading for at least 5 miles, unless otherwise advised by the tower. At five miles, turn on course and frequency change is approved. Avoid the flow of arrival traffic from points west or north of Casa Grande Airport, and do not enter the Phoenix Class B airspace unless you have received a clearance to do so from Phoenix Approach Control

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To obtain COPPERSTATE wing walking assistance contact COPPERSTATE Parking Control on 122.7 prior to starting your engine. Announce your intentions, identify your aircraft, state your location on the airport and request Wing Walkers. "COPPERSTATE parking, N622WR is a black and blue RV-7A Northeast of the terminal requesting wing walkers."