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Salton Sea Airport frequencies

Salton Sea Airport (SAS · KSAS) in Salton City, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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CTAF 122.9
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.

Also

Flight service 118.0 (HIGH), 132.275 (LOW/HIGH)
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 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSAS, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to Salton Sea Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Salton Sea traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Salton Sea.
  • Entering the pattern Salton Sea traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Salton Sea.
  • Before taking the runway Salton Sea traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Salton Sea.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
292.2EL CENTRO RCAG (LOW/HIGH)
336.4YUMA RCAG (HIGH)
Every KSAS frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service118.0 (HIGH), 132.275 (LOW/HIGH)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KSAS?

Salton Sea Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

More about KSAS

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