Kodiak/Lilly Lake frequencies

Kodiak/Lilly Lake (9Z3) in Kodiak, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 119.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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CTAF 119.8
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.

What to say on 119.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 9Z3, 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 — 119.8 is not unique to Kodiak/Lilly Lake.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 9Z3 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 9Z3 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every 9Z3 frequency, as one table
CTAF119.8
UNICOM122.8

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 9Z3?

Kodiak/Lilly Lake is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 119.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.