Perry County Municipal Airport frequencies

Perry County Municipal Airport (TEL · KTEL) in Tell City, IN 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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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 Evansville

App/Dep 124.025
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 128.3 (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 KTEL, 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 Perry County Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Perry traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 13, Perry.
  • Entering the pattern Perry traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 13, Perry.
  • Before taking the runway Perry traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 13, Perry.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
290.9APCH/P DEP/P
291.625EVANSVILLE RCAG (LOW)
Every KTEL frequency, as one table
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
Flight service128.3 (LOW)
App/Dep124.025

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KTEL?

Perry County Municipal 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 approach frequency for KTEL?

App/Dep for Perry County Municipal Airport is 124.025, working as "Evansville". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.