Laurel Municipal frequencies

Laurel Municipal (6S8) in Laurel, MT has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.05. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 135.05: 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 123.05: 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 123.05: 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 Billings

App/Dep 119.2, 120.5: 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 123.05

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 6S8, 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 — 123.05 is not unique to Laurel Municipal.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 6S8 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 6S8 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)

284.6	APCH/P DEP/P

Every 6S8 frequency, as one table

ASOS/AWOS	135.05
CTAF	123.05
UNICOM	123.05
App/Dep	119.2
App/Dep	120.5

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 6S8?

Laurel Municipal is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.05 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at 6S8?

ASOS/AWOS at Laurel Municipal is 135.05. 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 6S8?

App/Dep for Laurel Municipal is 119.2, working as "Billings". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

More about 6S8

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.

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