Common traffic advisory frequencies within 30 nm (56 km) of the Soldotna Airport.
New traffic advisory radio frequencies should be designated in areas at high risk of midair collisions throughout Alaska – where accident rates have historically been higher than elsewhere in the United States – and pilots should be required to monitor the frequencies and report their locations, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
In two recommendations issued in late February to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the NTSB said the FAA should require pilots to monitor designated common traffic advisory frequencies (CTAFs) and report their positions when entering and exiting CTAF areas in Alaska, and at other reporting points. The FAA also should establish more CTAF areas in the state, designate one radio frequency for all non-towered airports within its boundaries and establish mandatory position-reporting locations, the NTSB said.
In issuing the r…
