Henry Tift Myers Airport frequencies

Henry Tift Myers Airport (TMA · KTMA) in Tifton, GA 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

All of Henry Tift Myers Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.525
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 122.7
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 Valdosta

App/Dep 126.6 (EAST OF VAD 360-VAD 180 · initial contact), 132.375 (WEST OF VAD R-360 RADIAL)
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 133.7 (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 KTMA, 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 Henry Tift Myers Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
285.6APCH/P DEP/P IC (EAST OF VAD 360-VAD 180)
323.3VALDOSTA RCAG (LOW)
Every KTMA frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.525
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
Flight service133.7 (LOW)
App/Dep126.6 · EAST OF VAD 360-VAD 180 · initial contact
App/Dep132.375 · WEST OF VAD R-360 RADIAL

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KTMA?

Henry Tift Myers 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 KTMA?

ASOS/AWOS at Henry Tift Myers Airport is 118.525. 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 KTMA?

App/Dep for Henry Tift Myers Airport is 126.6, working as "Valdosta" (EAST OF VAD 360-VAD 180 · initial contact). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.