Wheeler Municipal frequencies

Wheeler Municipal (T59) in Wheeler, TX has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.9: 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 127.85 (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 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at T59, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to Wheeler Municipal.

Inbound, 10 miles out Wheeler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Wheeler.
Entering the pattern Wheeler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Wheeler.
Before taking the runway Wheeler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Wheeler.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the T59 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if T59 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)

285.475	AMARILLO RCAG (LOW)

Every T59 frequency, as one table

CTAF	122.9
Flight service	127.85 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at T59?

Wheeler Municipal is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

More about T59

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

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