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Manokotak Airport frequencies

Manokotak Airport (MBA · PAMB · KMO) in Manokotak, 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 120.625
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 PAMB, 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 Manokotak Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Manokotak traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 03, Manokotak.
  • Entering the pattern Manokotak traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 03, Manokotak.
  • Before taking the runway Manokotak traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 03, Manokotak.

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

Every PAMB frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.625
CTAF122.9

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PAMB?

Manokotak 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 PAMB?

ASOS/AWOS at Manokotak Airport is 120.625. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

More about PAMB

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