Staples Municipal Airport frequencies
Staples Municipal Airport (SAZ · KSAZ) in Staples, MN 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
All of Staples Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 118.325
- 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 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 118.05 (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 122.9
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSAZ, 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 Staples Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Staples traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 14, Staples.
- Entering the pattern
Staples traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 14, Staples.
- Before taking the runway
Staples traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 14, Staples.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KSAZ traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KSAZ publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 121.725 | APT REMARK 2 WITH GCO FREQ |
|---|---|
| 239.0 | BRAINERD RCAG (LOW) |
Every KSAZ frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 118.325 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.9 |
| Flight service | 118.05 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KSAZ?
Staples Municipal 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.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KSAZ?
ASOS/AWOS at Staples Municipal Airport is 118.325. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about KSAZ
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.