Mandan Regional/Lawler Field frequencies

Mandan Regional/Lawler Field (Y19) in Mandan, ND 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

ASOS/AWOS 118.225
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 122.8
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.
UNICOM 122.8
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 Bismarck

App/Dep 126.3
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 135.25 (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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at Y19, 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 Mandan Regional/Lawler Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Mandan Lawler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 13, Mandan Lawler.
  • Entering the pattern Mandan Lawler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 13, Mandan Lawler.
  • Before taking the runway Mandan Lawler traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 13, Mandan Lawler.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the Y19 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if Y19 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
256.7WOODWORTH RCAG (LOW)
298.9APCH/P DEP/P
Every Y19 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.225
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service135.25 (LOW)
App/Dep126.3

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at Y19?

Mandan Regional/Lawler Field 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 Y19?

ASOS/AWOS at Mandan Regional/Lawler Field is 118.225. 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 Y19?

App/Dep for Mandan Regional/Lawler Field is 126.3, working as "Bismarck". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.