Jerry Tyler Memorial frequencies

Jerry Tyler Memorial (3TR) in Niles, MI 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 South Bend

App/Dep 118.55
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 127.55 (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 3TR, 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 Jerry Tyler Memorial.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Jerry Tyler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 15, Jerry Tyler.
  • Entering the pattern Jerry Tyler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 15, Jerry Tyler.
  • Before taking the runway Jerry Tyler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 15, Jerry Tyler.

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

By procedure & sector (3 more)
121.725APT REMARK 4 WITH GCO FREQ
257.8APCH/P DEP/P
307.175GOSHEN RCAG (LOW)
Every 3TR frequency, as one table
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service127.55 (LOW)
App/Dep118.55

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 3TR?

Jerry Tyler Memorial 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 3TR?

App/Dep for Jerry Tyler Memorial is 118.55, working as "South Bend". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.