Point Lay LRRS Airport frequencies

Point Lay LRRS Airport (PIZ · PPIZ) in Point Lay, AK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi Point Lay

ASOS/AWOS 135.65
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 Point Lay

CTAF 122.8
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 119.65 (LOW/HIGH), 122.4
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at PPIZ, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Point Lay LRRS Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Point Lay LRRS traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 05, Point Lay LRRS.
  • Entering the pattern Point Lay LRRS traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 05, Point Lay LRRS.
  • Before taking the runway Point Lay LRRS traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 05, Point Lay LRRS.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
363.25CAPE LISBURNE RCAG (LOW/HIGH)
Every PPIZ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS135.65
CTAF122.8
Flight service119.65 (LOW/HIGH), 122.4

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at PPIZ?

Point Lay LRRS Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at PPIZ?

ASOS/AWOS at Point Lay LRRS Airport is 135.65. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.