Chehalis Centralia Airport frequencies

Chehalis Centralia Airport (CLS · KCLS) in Chehalis, WA 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 Chehalis Centralia Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.025
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.

Arrival Seattle

Approach 121.1
Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.

Also

Flight service 124.2 (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 KCLS, 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 Chehalis Centralia Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Chehalis Centralia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Chehalis Centralia.
  • Entering the pattern Chehalis Centralia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Chehalis Centralia.
  • Before taking the runway Chehalis Centralia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Chehalis Centralia.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
317.6NASSEL RCAG (LOW)
377.15APCH/P
Every KCLS frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.025
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service124.2 (LOW)
Approach121.1

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KCLS?

Chehalis Centralia 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 KCLS?

ASOS/AWOS at Chehalis Centralia Airport is 118.025. 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 KCLS?

Approach for Chehalis Centralia Airport is 121.1, working as "Seattle". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.