Portland Municipal Airport frequencies

Portland Municipal Airport (1M5) in Portland, TN has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.175
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 122.975
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.
UNICOM 122.975
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.

Departure & arrival Nashville

App/Dep 119.35
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 1M5, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Portland Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Portland traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 01, Portland.
  • Entering the pattern Portland traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 01, Portland.
  • Before taking the runway Portland traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 01, Portland.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 1M5 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 1M5 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
372.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every 1M5 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.175
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
App/Dep119.35

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 1M5?

Portland Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at 1M5?

ASOS/AWOS at Portland Municipal Airport is 118.175. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for 1M5?

App/Dep for Portland Municipal Airport is 119.35, working as "Nashville". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.