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Flight instructor reported that the close proximity of several airports using the same CTAF causes frequency jamming.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1763798 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GIF.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 275 Flight Crew Total 1150 Flight Crew Type 375 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
There are way too many airfields in central/south florida that are in somewhat close proximity on the same CTAF (common traffic advisory frequency) frequency 123.05. These airfields include gif winter haven; 2IS airglades; X04 apopka; pcm plant city; X26 sebastian; and X39 tampa north. On busy days usually towards the end of the week including thur; fri; sat and sun when the weather is good and many people are out flying; this frequency is completely jammed up much of the day with radio calls from all of the different airfields all at once. It is difficult sometimes to even get a quick call in. Some of these airfields to include gif; pcm; X04 and X26 are very busy with flight school traffic; local GA (general aviation) traffic and skydiving (at X26). This creates an unsafe situation when pilots cannot even hardly get a word in on CTAF to give a standard traffic call. Often times pilots will step on each other making calls which creates a jamming type sound which further makes comm more difficult. There shouldn't be this many airfields this close on the same frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Instructor reported that the close proximity of several airports using the same CTAF causes frequency jamming.
Narrative: There are way too many airfields in Central/South Florida that are in somewhat close proximity on the same CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) frequency 123.05. These airfields include GIF Winter Haven; 2IS Airglades; X04 Apopka; PCM Plant City; X26 Sebastian; and X39 Tampa North. On busy days usually towards the end of the week including Thur; Fri; Sat and Sun when the weather is good and many people are out flying; this frequency is completely jammed up much of the day with radio calls from all of the different airfields all at once. It is difficult sometimes to even get a quick call in. Some of these airfields to include GIF; PCM; X04 and X26 are very busy with flight school traffic; local GA (General Aviation) traffic and skydiving (at X26). This creates an unsafe situation when pilots cannot even hardly get a word in on CTAF to give a standard traffic call. Often times pilots will step on each other making calls which creates a jamming type sound which further makes comm more difficult. There shouldn't be this many airfields this close on the same frequency.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.