Perham Municipal Airport frequencies

Perham Municipal Airport (16D) in Perham, 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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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 16D, 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 Perham Municipal Airport.

Inbound, 10 miles out Perham traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12, Perham.
Entering the pattern Perham traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12, Perham.
Before taking the runway Perham traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12, Perham.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 16D traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 16D publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)

121.725	APT REMARK 4 WITH GCO FREQ
269.2	ALEXANDRIA RCAG (LOW)

Every 16D frequency, as one table

CTAF	122.9
Flight service	126.1 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 16D?

Perham Municipal Airport 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.

More about 16D

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.