Scappoose Industrial Airpark frequencies

Scappoose Industrial Airpark (SPB · KSPB) in Scappoose, OR has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 135.875
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 121.65
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 122.8
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 122.8
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 Portland

Departure 133.0
Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.

Arrival Portland

Approach 124.35
Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.

What to say on 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSPB, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Scappoose Industrial Airpark.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Scappoose Industrial traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 15, Scappoose Industrial.
  • Entering the pattern Scappoose Industrial traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 15, Scappoose Industrial.
  • Before taking the runway Scappoose Industrial traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 15, Scappoose Industrial.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
299.2APCH/P DEP/P
Every KSPB frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS135.875
Clearance121.65
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Approach124.35
Departure133.0

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KSPB?

Scappoose Industrial Airpark is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KSPB?

ASOS/AWOS at Scappoose Industrial Airpark is 135.875. 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 KSPB?

Approach for Scappoose Industrial Airpark is 124.35, working as "Portland". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KSPB?

Clearance delivery at Scappoose Industrial Airpark is 121.65. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.