Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport frequencies

Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (BTP · KBTP) in Butler, PA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.05. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 121.450
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.
Clearance 119.4
Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.

Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 123.05
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 123.05
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 Pittsburgh

App/Dep 124.75
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 123.05

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KBTP, 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 — 123.05 is not unique to Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Pittsburgh Butler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 08, Pittsburgh Butler.
  • Entering the pattern Pittsburgh Butler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 08, Pittsburgh Butler.
  • Before taking the runway Pittsburgh Butler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 08, Pittsburgh Butler.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
124.75CLASS B
338.2APCH/P DEP/P, CLASS B
Every KBTP frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS121.450
Clearance119.4
CTAF123.05
UNICOM123.05
App/Dep124.75

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KBTP?

Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.05 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KBTP?

ASOS/AWOS at Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport is 121.450. 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 KBTP?

App/Dep for Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport is 124.75, working as "Pittsburgh". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KBTP?

Clearance delivery at Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport is 119.4. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.