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False Pass Airport frequencies

False Pass Airport (KFP · PAKF) in False Pass, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 121.45
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

CTAF 122.9
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.

What to say on 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PAKF, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to False Pass Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out False Pass traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 13, False Pass.
  • Entering the pattern False Pass traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 13, False Pass.
  • Before taking the runway False Pass traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 13, False Pass.

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

Every PAKF frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS121.45
CTAF122.9

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PAKF?

False Pass Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PAKF?

ASOS/AWOS at False Pass Airport is 121.45. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

More about PAKF

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.