Southwest Oregon Regional Airport frequencies
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (OTH · KOTH) in North Bend, OR is a towered field, staffed 0700-2100. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map
All of Southwest Oregon Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherWhen the KOTH tower is closed
The tower is staffed 0700-2100. Outside those hours Southwest Oregon Regional Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 118.45, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KOTH airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.
Before taxi North Bend
- 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 North Bend
- Ground 127.1
- Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
- Tower 118.45
- Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.
Also
- CTAF 118.45
- 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.
- Flight service 122.4, 127.55 (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.
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 254.35 | HORTON RCAG (LOW) |
|---|
Every KOTH frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 135.075 |
|---|---|
| Ground | 127.1 |
| Tower | 118.45 |
| CTAF | 118.45 |
| Flight service | 122.4, 127.55 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the tower frequency at KOTH?
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport tower is 118.45, calling "North Bend Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-2100.
What frequency do I use at KOTH when the tower is closed?
Outside 0700-2100, Southwest Oregon Regional Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 118.45 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.
What is the ground frequency at KOTH?
Ground control at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport is 127.1. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KOTH?
ASOS/AWOS at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport is 135.075. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about KOTH
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.