Eastern Slopes Regional Airport frequencies

Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (IZG · KIZG · FRY) in Fryeburg, ME 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 Eastern Slopes Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 135.775
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 Portland

App/Dep 119.75
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

Flight service 128.2 (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 KIZG, 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 Eastern Slopes Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Eastern Slopes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 14, Eastern Slopes.
  • Entering the pattern Eastern Slopes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 14, Eastern Slopes.
  • Before taking the runway Eastern Slopes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 14, Eastern Slopes.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
263.05WATERBORO RCAG (LOW)
269.35APCH/P DEP/P
Every KIZG frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS135.775
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service128.2 (LOW)
App/Dep119.75

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KIZG?

Eastern Slopes 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 KIZG?

ASOS/AWOS at Eastern Slopes Regional Airport is 135.775. 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 KIZG?

App/Dep for Eastern Slopes Regional Airport is 119.75, working as "Portland". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.