Franklin Memorial Hospital frequencies

Franklin Memorial Hospital (ME23) in Farmington, ME has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Franklin Memorial Hospital — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 122.8
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.

Departure & arrival Portland

App/Dep 128.35
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 128.2 (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.
By procedure & sector (2 more)
263.05WATERBORO RCAG (LOW)
299.2APCH/P DEP/P
Every ME23 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS122.8
Flight service128.2 (LOW)
App/Dep128.35

Frequently asked

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at ME23?

ASOS/AWOS at Franklin Memorial Hospital is 122.8. 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 ME23?

App/Dep for Franklin Memorial Hospital is 128.35, working as "Portland". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.