Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field frequencies
Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field (PBF · KPBF) in Pine Bluff, AR has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
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- ASOS/AWOS 120.775
- 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.
- Clearance 119.85
- Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.
Taxi & takeoff Pine Bluff
- CTAF 123.0
- 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 123.0
- 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 Little Rock
- App/Dep 119.85
- 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 122.6
- 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 123.0
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KPBF, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Pinebluff Grider traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Pinebluff Grider.
- Entering the pattern
Pinebluff Grider traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Pinebluff Grider.
- Before taking the runway
Pinebluff Grider traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Pinebluff Grider.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KPBF traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KPBF publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 353.6 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every KPBF frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.775 |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 119.85 |
| CTAF | 123.0 |
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
| Flight service | 122.6 |
| App/Dep | 119.85 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KPBF?
Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KPBF?
ASOS/AWOS at Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field is 120.775. 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 KPBF?
App/Dep for Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field is 119.85, working as "Little Rock". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at KPBF?
Clearance delivery at Pinebluff Regional/Grider Field is 119.85. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about KPBF
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.
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