Sun Valley Airport frequencies

Sun Valley Airport (A20) in Bullhead City, AZ has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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CTAF 122.975
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 122.975
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 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at A20, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Sun Valley Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Sun Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Sun Valley.
  • Entering the pattern Sun Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Sun Valley.
  • Before taking the runway Sun Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Sun Valley.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the A20 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if A20 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every A20 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at A20?

Sun Valley Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.