Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport frequencies
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ · PAAQ) in Palmer, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.6. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
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- ASOS/AWOS 134.75
- 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 Palmer
- CTAF 123.6
- 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.
Departure & arrival Anchorage
- App/Dep 118.6
- 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 122.4, 123.6, 134.75
- 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 123.6
Nobody is sequencing traffic at PAAQ, 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 — 123.6 is not unique to Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09, Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer.
- Entering the pattern
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09, Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer.
- Before taking the runway
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09, Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the PAAQ traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if PAAQ publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 290.5 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every PAAQ frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 134.75 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.6 |
| Flight service | 122.4, 123.6, 134.75 |
| App/Dep | 118.6 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at PAAQ?
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.6 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PAAQ?
ASOS/AWOS at Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport is 134.75. 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 PAAQ?
App/Dep for Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport is 118.6, working as "Anchorage". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about PAAQ
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.