Arco Butte County Airport frequencies

Arco Butte County Airport (AOC · KAOC) in Arco, ID 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

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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.

Also

Flight service 128.35 (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 KAOC, 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 Arco Butte County Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Arco Butte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 6, Arco Butte.
  • Entering the pattern Arco Butte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 6, Arco Butte.
  • Before taking the runway Arco Butte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 6, Arco Butte.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
239.25BLACKFOOT RCAG (LOW)
Every KAOC frequency, as one table
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service128.35 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAOC?

Arco Butte County 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.