BurnieM Posted March 20 Posted March 20 13 hours ago, Thruster88 said: Interesting tumut with not much traffic gets a discreet CTAF, Cowra with the flying school and Ag ops and surrounded by Cootamundra, Young, Forbes, Parkes and others could, should have a discreet CTAF.
BurnieM Posted March 20 Author Posted March 20 (edited) As part of the $12mil upgrade of Tumut (mainly for fire fighting support) Tumut now has a dedicated CTAF 126.85 instead of its old shared 126.70. Tumut has low traffic levels whereas Cowra is much busier but Cowra still uses the shared 126.70 CTAF. What is required to get a dedicated CTAF for Cowra ? Is it simply a matter of all the Cowra user groups (clubs, flight schools, ag ops and maint businesses) getting together and requesting a dedicated CTAF from Air Services ? Probably one group would need to coordinate and drive this as I do not see it happening overnight. Edited March 20 by BurnieM 2
skippydiesel Posted March 21 Posted March 21 Interesting! I have flown into Cowra a couple, or more times - very busy during the week (Saturdays?) near dead on a Sunday. Great coffee & brownie in town. Never into Tumut - hoping to do one of their third Sunday/Month brunches, in the near future. The 126.7 frequency is an interesting issue - resent flight from Rylstone to The Oaks - as soon as I got above about 5000ft, I could clearly hear those in The Oaks/Mittagong circuit, still 30 + minutes away. At The Oaks, I often hear airfield well to the west of the The Range - sometimes so clear, that if the transmitter forgets their location component, my heart rate increases as I think there is an unseen aircraft very close - its certainly can be a problemo! 😈 1 1 1
Thruster88 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 Just checked ERSA for tumut on ozrunways, have the current cycle 2603 19 march 2026 100% downloaded, and it is showing the old CTAF 126.7. The notams show the new CTAF 126.85. Why is it so.
BurnieM Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 (edited) Sign on the fence at Tumut said new CTAF was live on 20 Feb 2026. Edited March 22 by BurnieM 2
Thruster88 Posted March 23 Posted March 23 10 hours ago, BurnieM said: Sign on the fence at Tumut said new CTAF was live on 20 Feb 2026. Should have been plenty of time to get the correct information into the current ERSA. Might be a few NORDO aircraft at Tumut for some time.
facthunter Posted March 23 Posted March 23 You are required to check Notams for Every departure, alternate and destination. Nev 1
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