Teller Airport frequencies

Teller Airport (TER · PATE · TLA) in Teller, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi Brevig Mission

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 Brevig Mission

CTAF 123.0
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 133.3 (LOW), 135.6
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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PATE, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Teller Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Teller traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 08, Teller.
  • Entering the pattern Teller traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 08, Teller.
  • Before taking the runway Teller traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 08, Teller.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
290.4NOME RCAG (LOW)
Every PATE frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.375
CTAF123.0
Flight service133.3 (LOW), 135.6

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PATE?

Teller Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PATE?

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