Stellar Airpark frequencies

Stellar Airpark (P19) in Chandler, AZ has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.975
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 122.975
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 Phoenix

App/Dep 123.7
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at P19, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Stellar Airpark.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Stellar traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Stellar.
  • Entering the pattern Stellar traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Stellar.
  • Before taking the runway Stellar traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Stellar.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the P19 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if P19 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (3 more)
124.1SUNSS STAR
256.9SUNSS STAR
363.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every P19 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
App/Dep123.7

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at P19?

Stellar Airpark is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the approach frequency for P19?

App/Dep for Stellar Airpark is 123.7, working as "Phoenix". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.