Bellefonte Airport frequencies
Bellefonte Airport (N96) in Bellefonte, PA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Bellefonte Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- Clearance 125.725
- 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
- CTAF 122.8
- 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 122.8
- 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.
Also
- Flight service 134.8 (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 122.8
Nobody is sequencing traffic at N96, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Bellefonte Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Bellefonte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Bellefonte.
- Entering the pattern
Bellefonte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Bellefonte.
- Before taking the runway
Bellefonte traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Bellefonte.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the N96 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if N96 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 338.3 | PHILIPSBURG RCAG (LOW) |
|---|
Every N96 frequency, as one table
| Clearance | 125.725 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| Flight service | 134.8 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at N96?
Bellefonte Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
Where do I get my clearance at N96?
Clearance delivery at Bellefonte Airport is 125.725. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about N96
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.