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Fort Yukon Airport frequencies

Fort Yukon Airport (FYU · PFYU) in Fort Yukon, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.5. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi Fort Yukon

ASOS/AWOS 125.8
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 Fort Yukon

CTAF 122.5
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 122.05, 135.0 (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 122.5

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PFYU, 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 — 122.5 is not unique to Fort Yukon Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Fort Yukon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 04, Fort Yukon.
  • Entering the pattern Fort Yukon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 04, Fort Yukon.
  • Before taking the runway Fort Yukon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 04, Fort Yukon.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
225.4FORT YUKON RCAG (LOW/HIGH)
Every PFYU frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS125.8
CTAF122.5
Flight service122.05, 135.0 (LOW/HIGH)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PFYU?

Fort Yukon Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.5 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PFYU?

ASOS/AWOS at Fort Yukon Airport is 125.8. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

More about PFYU

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