Washington Island Airport frequencies

Washington Island Airport (2P2) in Washington, WI 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 118.525
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 127.65 (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 2P2, 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 Washington Island Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Washington Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 04, Washington Island.
  • Entering the pattern Washington Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 04, Washington Island.
  • Before taking the runway Washington Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 04, Washington Island.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 2P2 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 2P2 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every 2P2 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.525
CTAF122.9
Flight service127.65 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 2P2?

Washington Island 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.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at 2P2?

ASOS/AWOS at Washington Island Airport is 118.525. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.