Plattsburgh International Airport frequencies

Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG · KPBG) in Plattsburgh, 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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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 132.225
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 121.85 (CTC APCH CTL)
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

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 & arrival Burlington

App/Dep 121.1
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 120.35 (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 KPBG, 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 Plattsburgh International Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Plattsburgh traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Plattsburgh.
  • Entering the pattern Plattsburgh traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Plattsburgh.
  • Before taking the runway Plattsburgh traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Plattsburgh.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
278.8APCH/P DEP/P
342.25ST. ALBANS RCAG (LOW)
Every KPBG frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS132.225
Clearance121.85 (CTC APCH CTL)
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
Flight service120.35 (LOW)
App/Dep121.1

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KPBG?

Plattsburgh International 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 ASOS/AWOS frequency at KPBG?

ASOS/AWOS at Plattsburgh International Airport is 132.225. 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 KPBG?

App/Dep for Plattsburgh International Airport is 121.1, working as "Burlington". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KPBG?

Clearance delivery at Plattsburgh International Airport is 121.85 (CTC APCH CTL). Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.