Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport frequencies
Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport (BTI · PABA) in Barter Island, AK 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
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- ASOS/AWOS 121.450
- 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 Barter Island
- 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.
Also
- Flight service 120.6 (LOW/HIGH), 122.0
- 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 PABA, 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 Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Barter Island Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Barter Island Long Range Radar Station.
- Entering the pattern
Barter Island Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Barter Island Long Range Radar Station.
- Before taking the runway
Barter Island Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Barter Island Long Range Radar Station.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the PABA traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if PABA publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
Every PABA frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 121.450 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| Flight service | 120.6 (LOW/HIGH), 122.0 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at PABA?
Barter Island Long Range Radar Station 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.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PABA?
ASOS/AWOS at Barter Island Long Range Radar Station Airport is 121.450. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
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Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.