Tavares frequencies

Tavares (FA1) in Tavares, FL 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 FA1, 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 Tavares.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Tavares traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09W, Tavares.
  • Entering the pattern Tavares traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09W, Tavares.
  • Before taking the runway Tavares traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09W, Tavares.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the FA1 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if FA1 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every FA1 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at FA1?

Tavares 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.