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RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS
When you are at least five miles from
a checkpoint village where you propose to land, announce your arrival on the
CTAF frequency found in the ALASKA SUPPLEMENT and on the aeronautical charts. When landing at places such as Yentna Station,
Finger Lake, Rainy Pass, Rohn, Ophir, Iditarod, Eagle
Island, or Cripple use the frequency 122.9.
Also listen to 122.9 and the Iditarod frequency (120.6) when flying along
the Trail. See Handbook for more frequencies Air carrier traffic at altitude may also be
reached through the Anchorage center frequencies that are monitored in a
particular area. VHF line of sight
communications is often possible with aircraft at the higher flight levels (330
- 410) from a great distance on the ground.
These frequencies are listed in alphabetical order for all of Alaska in
the Alaska Supplement under Anchorage. Several of the frequencies appropriate to
the Iditarod area of operations are listed below: Anchorage Area. North
118.6 Anchorage Area (If entering below 2500' call 119.1).
West 126.4 McGrath. 128.1 Bethel. 125.2 Galena. 127.0 Unalakleet. 135.7 Nome. 133.3 TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR FLIGHT SERVICE
STATIONS
McGrath FSS will be in operation for 10 days in March
.
Dates to be determined. Hours will
be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. No phone
available. Refer to Freq. List. Galena. 1-800-992-7433 Unalakleet (OME). 1-800-478-8400 Unalakleet National Weather Service (Daytime).
624-2791 Nome (OME). 443-2291 Weather Brief Statewide: 1-800-WX-Brief
(1-800-992-7433) Leave your Iridium Phone powered up with an external power connection. It like cel phones can be located to within mile. the Iridium locate call: Mission Director at 703-724-8111 WEATHER Logistic Coordinators and Assistant load coordinators need to be aware of the current weather in their area of control. The following information should be used as Official NOAA and FAA weather reports and forecasts. Alaskan Region Aviation Weather Unit. From this web site you can click on the map and get the current weather for areas around the Iditarod Trail’ Cook Inlet Susitna Valley: All of Anchorage, Birchwood, Palmer, Wasilla, Willow, and Skwentna Alaska Range: Farewell Lake, Hayes River (Finger Lake), Puntilla (Rainy Pass) Kuskokwim Valley: McGrath, Aniak, Anvik, Nikolai, Tatalina, Merrill Pass west, Lower Yukon: Galena, Unalakleet, Kaltag Ruby, Koyuk Southern Seward Peninsula: Nome, Golovin For the FAA web cameras go to http://akweathercams.faa.gov/ or link to this page from the above web site. South East Alaska Cameras: Anchorage, Birchwood, Puntilla, Lake Clark Pass E & W, Minchumina, Summit, Tahnita Pass. South West Alaska Cameras: McGrath, Merrill Pass High and Low, Rohn, Nikolai, Unalakleet Northwest Section: Ruby, Kaltag, Koyuk, Elim, Ruby Airport
Checkpoints that will need to report Weather are: Yentna, Takotna, Ophir, Cripple, (Shageluk, Grayling, Eagle Island), White Mountain, Safety
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