Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field frequencies

Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field (COE · KCOE) in Coeur d'Alene, 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

All of Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 135.075
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 Spokane

App/Dep 132.1
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCOE, 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 Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 02, Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington.
  • Entering the pattern Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 02, Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington.
  • Before taking the runway Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 02, Coeur D'Alene - Pappy Boyington.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
263.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every KCOE frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS135.075
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep132.1

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KCOE?

Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field 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 KCOE?

ASOS/AWOS at Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field is 135.075. 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 KCOE?

App/Dep for Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington Field is 132.1, working as "Spokane". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.