Skyway Estates Airport frequencies

Skyway Estates Airport (60G) in Eaton Rapids, MI 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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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.

Departure & arrival Great Lakes

App/Dep 118.65
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 120.45 (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 60G, 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 Skyway Estates Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Skyway Estates traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 08, Skyway Estates.
  • Entering the pattern Skyway Estates traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 08, Skyway Estates.
  • Before taking the runway Skyway Estates traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 08, Skyway Estates.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 60G traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 60G publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
226.4APCH/P DEP/P
360.7LITCHFIELD RCAG (LOW)
Every 60G frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service120.45 (LOW)
App/Dep118.65

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 60G?

Skyway Estates 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 approach frequency for 60G?

App/Dep for Skyway Estates Airport is 118.65, working as "Great Lakes". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.