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Metlakatla Seaplane Base frequencies

Metlakatla Seaplane Base (MTM · PAMM) in Metlakatla, 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 135.55
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 PAMM, 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 Metlakatla Seaplane Base.

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

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

Every PAMM frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS135.55
CTAF122.9

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PAMM?

Metlakatla Seaplane Base 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 PAMM?

ASOS/AWOS at Metlakatla Seaplane Base is 135.55. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

More about PAMM

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