Montauk Airport frequencies

Montauk Airport (MTP · KMTP) in Montauk, NY has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.7: 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 122.7: 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 New York

Departure 125.75: Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.

Arrival New York

Approach 125.975: 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 124.85 (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 122.7

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMTP, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to Montauk Airport.

Inbound, 10 miles out Montauk traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Montauk.
Entering the pattern Montauk traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Montauk.
Before taking the runway Montauk traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Montauk.

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

By procedure & sector (3 more)

269.2	WOODSTOCK RCAG (LOW)
319.2	DEP/P
343.65	APCH/P

Every KMTP frequency, as one table

CTAF	122.7
UNICOM	122.7
Flight service	124.85 (LOW)
Approach	125.975
Departure	125.75

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KMTP?

Montauk Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the approach frequency for KMTP?

Approach for Montauk Airport is 125.975, working as "New York". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

More about KMTP

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.