Todd Field frequencies

Todd Field (14Y) in Long Prairie, MN has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.650
An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.

Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.9
The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.

Also

Flight service 126.1 (LOW)
Flight Service handles briefings, flight plans and en route advisories, reached here through a remote outlet. Open and close VFR flight plans, and get updated weather in the air. 1-800-WX-BRIEF reaches the same specialists from the ground.

What to say on 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 14Y, so every call is you telling other aircraft where you are. Open and close with the field name so a pilot tuned to a shared frequency knows which airport you mean — 122.9 is not unique to Todd Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Todd traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Todd.
  • Entering the pattern Todd traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Todd.
  • Before taking the runway Todd traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Todd.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 14Y traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 14Y publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
269.2ALEXANDRIA RCAG (LOW)
Every 14Y frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.650
CTAF122.9
Flight service126.1 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 14Y?

Todd Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at 14Y?

ASOS/AWOS at Todd Field is 118.650. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.