Lake Tahoe Airport frequencies
Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL · KTVL) in South Lake Tahoe, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.85. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
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- ASOS/AWOS 124.725
- 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 Squaw Valley
- CTAF 122.85
- 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 122.5, 127.95 (LOW), 134.3 (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 122.85
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KTVL, 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 — 122.85 is not unique to Lake Tahoe Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Lake Tahoe traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Lake Tahoe.
- Entering the pattern
Lake Tahoe traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Lake Tahoe.
- Before taking the runway
Lake Tahoe traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Lake Tahoe.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KTVL traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KTVL publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 316.1 | SACRAMENTO RCAG (LOW) |
|---|
Every KTVL frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 124.725 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.85 |
| Flight service | 122.5, 127.95 (LOW), 134.3 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KTVL?
Lake Tahoe Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.85 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KTVL?
ASOS/AWOS at Lake Tahoe Airport is 124.725. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about KTVL
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.