Pilot Point Airport frequencies

Pilot Point Airport (PNP · PAPN · PIP) in Pilot Point, 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 118.375
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.

Also

Flight service 132.9 (LOW/HIGH)
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 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PAPN, 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 Pilot Point Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Pilot Point traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Pilot Point.
  • Entering the pattern Pilot Point traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Pilot Point.
  • Before taking the runway Pilot Point traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Pilot Point.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
288.3PORT HEIDEN RCAG (LOW/HIGH)
Every PAPN frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.375
CTAF122.9
Flight service132.9 (LOW/HIGH)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PAPN?

Pilot Point 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 PAPN?

ASOS/AWOS at Pilot Point Airport is 118.375. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.