Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport frequencies

Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM · KTRM) in Palm Springs, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi Thermal

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.
Clearance 120.225: 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 Thermal

CTAF 123.0: 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 123.0: 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 Socal

App/Dep 135.275: 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 122.3: 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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KTRM, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport.

Inbound, 10 miles out Jacqueline Cochran traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12, Jacqueline Cochran.
Entering the pattern Jacqueline Cochran traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12, Jacqueline Cochran.
Before taking the runway Jacqueline Cochran traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12, Jacqueline Cochran.

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

By procedure & sector (5 more)

126.7	CLOWD STAR, SBONO STAR
134.0	SIZLR STAR
251.1	APCH/P DEP/P
278.3	SIZLR STAR
370.95	CLOWD STAR, SBONO STAR

Every KTRM frequency, as one table

ASOS/AWOS	118.325
Clearance	120.225
CTAF	123.0
UNICOM	123.0
Flight service	122.3
App/Dep	135.275

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KTRM?

Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KTRM?

ASOS/AWOS at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is 118.325. 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 KTRM?

App/Dep for Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is 135.275, working as "Socal". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KTRM?

Clearance delivery at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is 120.225. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.

More about KTRM

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