Mineola Wisener Field frequencies

Mineola Wisener Field (3F9) in Mineola, 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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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.8
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 122.8
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.

Departure & arrival Longview

App/Dep 128.75
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

Flight service 132.025 (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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 3F9, 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 Mineola Wisener Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Mineola Wisener traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18R, Mineola Wisener.
  • Entering the pattern Mineola Wisener traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18R, Mineola Wisener.
  • Before taking the runway Mineola Wisener traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18R, Mineola Wisener.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 3F9 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 3F9 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
317.75CUMBY RCAG (LOW)
379.15APCH/P DEP/P
Every 3F9 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service132.025 (LOW)
App/Dep128.75

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 3F9?

Mineola Wisener Field 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.

What is the approach frequency for 3F9?

App/Dep for Mineola Wisener Field is 128.75, working as "Longview". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.