Orcas Island Airport frequencies
Orcas Island Airport (ORS · KORS · ESD) in Eastsound, WA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 128.25. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Orcas Island Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 135.425
- 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 128.25
- 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.
Departure & arrival Whidbey
- App/Dep 118.2, 132.7
- 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 128.25
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KORS, 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 — 128.25 is not unique to Orcas Island Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Orcas Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Orcas Island.
- Entering the pattern
Orcas Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Orcas Island.
- Before taking the runway
Orcas Island traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Orcas Island.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KORS traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KORS publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 285.65 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every KORS frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 135.425 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 128.25 |
| App/Dep | 118.2 |
| App/Dep | 132.7 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KORS?
Orcas Island Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 128.25 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KORS?
ASOS/AWOS at Orcas Island Airport is 135.425. 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 KORS?
App/Dep for Orcas Island Airport is 118.2, working as "Whidbey". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KORS
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.