Albany Municipal frequencies

Albany Municipal (S12) in Albany, OR has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.725. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Albany Municipal — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.925
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 122.725
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.
UNICOM 122.725
A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.

Departure & arrival Cascade

App/Dep 119.6 (initial contact), 120.25
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

Flight service 125.8 (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 122.725

Nobody is sequencing traffic at S12, 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 — 122.725 is not unique to Albany Municipal.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Albany traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Albany.
  • Entering the pattern Albany traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Albany.
  • Before taking the runway Albany traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Albany.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the S12 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if S12 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (3 more)
291.7HORTON RCAG (LOW)
298.9APCH/P DEP/P
348.7APCH/P DEP/P IC
Every S12 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.925
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725
Flight service125.8 (LOW)
App/Dep119.6 · initial contact
App/Dep120.25

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at S12?

Albany Municipal is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.725 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at S12?

ASOS/AWOS at Albany Municipal is 119.925. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for S12?

App/Dep for Albany Municipal is 119.6, working as "Cascade" (initial contact). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.