Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:09 pm
#1841179
Flying to the north of Oxford yesterday, we had reason to change our plan and fly south, crossing Brize zone.
I am not familiar with the area.
The miracle that is SkyDemon quickly displayed the frequencies for Brize - all nine of them (including Brize Radar 124.275 shown twice).
I called the first listed - Brize Approach 127.250 - but no reply.
Thinking it unlikely that Brize would be closed I climbed to 4000’ to pass over the class D.
Once clear above the airspace I worked my way through the other frequencies, making contact on Brize Zone 119.00
My question is, how can one quickly determine the correct frequency to call on without specific local knowledge? I guess the same question applies to any large airport with multiple frequencies.
As a supplementary question, why don’t Brize simply band-box their frequencies in such a way as you can call on any frequency?
Supplementary, supplementary question. Why are all the Brize frequencies still on 25KHz?
I am not familiar with the area.
The miracle that is SkyDemon quickly displayed the frequencies for Brize - all nine of them (including Brize Radar 124.275 shown twice).
I called the first listed - Brize Approach 127.250 - but no reply.
Thinking it unlikely that Brize would be closed I climbed to 4000’ to pass over the class D.
Once clear above the airspace I worked my way through the other frequencies, making contact on Brize Zone 119.00
My question is, how can one quickly determine the correct frequency to call on without specific local knowledge? I guess the same question applies to any large airport with multiple frequencies.
As a supplementary question, why don’t Brize simply band-box their frequencies in such a way as you can call on any frequency?
Supplementary, supplementary question. Why are all the Brize frequencies still on 25KHz?