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Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport frequencies

Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport (TNC · PATC) in Tin City, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 126.2. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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CTAF 126.2
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 122.6, 133.3 (LOW)
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 126.2

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PATC, 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 — 126.2 is not unique to Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Tin City Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Tin City Long Range Radar Station.
  • Entering the pattern Tin City Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Tin City Long Range Radar Station.
  • Before taking the runway Tin City Long Range Radar Station traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Tin City Long Range Radar Station.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
290.4NOME RCAG (LOW)
Every PATC frequency, as one table
CTAF126.2
Flight service122.6, 133.3 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PATC?

Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 126.2 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

More about PATC

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