Skaneateles Aero Drome frequencies

Skaneateles Aero Drome (6B9) in Skaneateles, NY 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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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.125
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 122.8
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 Syracuse

App/Dep 126.125
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 6B9, 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 Skaneateles Aero Drome.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 6B9 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 6B9 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
269.125APCH/P DEP/P
Every 6B9 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.125
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep126.125

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 6B9?

Skaneateles Aero Drome 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 ASOS/AWOS frequency at 6B9?

ASOS/AWOS at Skaneateles Aero Drome is 120.125. 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 6B9?

App/Dep for Skaneateles Aero Drome is 126.125, working as "Syracuse". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.