Big Bend Regional Medical Center frequencies

Big Bend Regional Medical Center (17TS) in Alpine, TX has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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UNICOM 122.8
A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.

What to say on 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 17TS, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Big Bend Regional Medical Center.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 17TS traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 17TS publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every 17TS frequency, as one table
UNICOM122.8

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 17TS?

Big Bend Regional Medical Center is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.