Apalachicola Regional Airport frequencies

Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF · KAAF) in Apalachicola, FL 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

All of Apalachicola Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.925
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 Tyndall

App/Dep 124.15 (ABV 5000 FT · initial contact), 125.2 (ABV 5000 FT)
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

Flight service 120.825 (LOW)
Flight Service handles briefings, flight plans and en route advisories, reached here through a remote outlet. Open and close VFR flight plans, and get updated weather in the air. 1-800-WX-BRIEF reaches the same specialists from the ground.

What to say on 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAAF, 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 Apalachicola Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Apalachicola traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Apalachicola.
  • Entering the pattern Apalachicola traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Apalachicola.
  • Before taking the runway Apalachicola traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Apalachicola.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
379.3PANAMA CITY RCAG (LOW)
392.1APCH/P DEP/P (ABV 5000 FT)
Every KAAF frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.925
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service120.825 (LOW)
App/Dep124.15 · ABV 5000 FT · initial contact
App/Dep125.2 · ABV 5000 FT

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAAF?

Apalachicola Regional Airport 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 KAAF?

ASOS/AWOS at Apalachicola Regional Airport is 119.925. 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 KAAF?

App/Dep for Apalachicola Regional Airport is 124.15, working as "Tyndall" (ABV 5000 FT · initial contact). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.