VHF aviation stations that can be received by the SLC receiver

Local VHF Aviation Stations

U.S. aviation stations are administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Aministration (FAA).

Reception Notes

Generally there are separate aircraft controllers on each control frequency during periods of high airport activity. However, during the night and at other times when few planes are departing or arriving, single controllers often transmit on multiple frequencies simultaneously to aircraft that reply on only one of those frequencies. As a result, it is common to hear only one side of communications with some aircraft during low-activity periods.
Some aircraft frequencies are used to control aircraft over large areas. For example, Salt Lake Center controls aircraft headed east until they are about half way to Denver and then "hands them off" to Denver Center. It is not possible to hear aircraft that far away in most directions from Salt Lake City, because of mountains, so controllers commonly transmit and receive simultaneously from multiple remote sites. When a controller is communicating with aircraft via a remote site it generally will be possible to hear only one side of the communications.
The level of activity on many of these frequencies changes widely depending on the runways currently in use, local weather conditions, air traffic, and other factors. It is common for some of these frequencies to become extremely busy during periods of the day when many planes are departing or landing and weather conditions are bad enough to require use of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and for them to have very little activity during periods when the airport is not busy and weather conditions are good enough to allow use of Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
There is currently low-level interference in the lower part of the VHF aviation band from powerful commercial FM Broadcast stations in the band below that overload the receiver RF input amplifier.

Salt Lake City International Airport Aerial Photograph

Aviation VHF Stations

Frequency	Mode	Call	Distance	Description
116.8 MHz	AM	TCH	10 Miles	Wasatch VORTAC navigation. Mode for MCW station identification and infrequent voice communications with aircraft is AM. The AM modulation level is very low to avoid interfering with navigation signal information that is the primary purpose of the station. This station transmits horizontally-polarized waves that are cross-polarized with the vertical receiving antenna, causing the received signal to be weak.
118.3 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Tower	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake International Airport runways 17/35 and 14/32. (Low-level FM Broadcast station interference.)
119.05 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Tower	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake International Airport runways 16L/34R.
119.95 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Center	26 Miles	Controls aircraft flying enroute through a wide area around Salt Lake city. Some communications are via remote sites. Where aircraft are communicating via a remote site generally only one side of the communications will be heard.
120.2 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Tower	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake International Airport.
120.9 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	Used to control aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake City International Airport that are outside the tower control area, below 8000 feet above ground level, and south of 41 degrees north latitude. (Many signals on this frequency are week, because most aircraft within this zone of control are behind a mountain.)
121.1 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	Used to control aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake City International Airport that are outside the tower control area, below 8000 feet above ground level, and north of 41 degrees north latitude.
121.9 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Ground Control	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft taxing on the ground to and from Salt Lake City International Airport runways 17/35 and 14/32.
124.3 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	One of several frequencies used to control aircraft landing or departing Salt Lake International Airport.
124.75 MHz and 127.625 MHz	AM	Salt Lake ATIS	11.6 Miles	Salt Lake International Airport Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS). Pilots check ATIS for current airport information prior to takeoff or landing. Announcements are identified by letter codes that change whenever there are significant changes in airport weather or other conditions that affect takeoff or landing.
124.9 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	Used to control landing and departing aircraft that are outside the tower control area, 8000 feet or more above ground level, and between 300 and 340 degrees magnetic from Salt Lake City International Airport.
125.55 MHz	AM	Ogden Tower Information	18.2 Miles	Pilots check this frequency for current Ogden Airport information prior to takeoff or landing. Announcements are identified by letter codes that change whenever there are significant changes in airport weather or other conditions that affect takeoff or landing.
125.7 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	One of several frequencies used to control aircraft landing or departing Salt Lake International Airport while they are outside the tower control area.
126.25 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	One of several frequencies used to control aircraft landing or departing Salt Lake International Airport while they are outside the tower control area.
127.15 MHz	AM	Hill Tower	15 Miles	Controls aircraft landing and departing Hill Air Force Base. Operates 0800-2200 Mountain Time.
127.3 MHz	AM	Clearance Delivery	11.6 Miles	Used to request and deliver clearances to fly through controlled airspace. Most communications are with planes on the ground prior to taxi for takeoff.
127.7 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Center	26 Miles	Controls aircraft flying enroute through a wide area around Salt Lake city. Some communications are via remote sites. Where aircraft are communicating via a remote site generally only one side of the communications will be heard.
128.1 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	Used to control landing and departing aircraft that are outside the tower control area, 8000 feet or more above ground level, and between 160 and 250 degrees magnetic from Salt Lake City International Airport.
128.55 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Center	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft flying enroute through a wide area around Salt Lake city. Some communications are via remote sites. Where aircraft are communicating via a remote site only one side of the communications generally will be heard.
132.65 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Tower	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft landing and departing Salt Lake International Airport runway 16R/34L.
133.65 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Ground Control	11.6 Miles	Controls aircraft taxing on the ground to and from Salt Lake City International Airport runways 16R/34L and 16L/34R.
133.9 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Center	26 Miles	Controls aircraft flying enroute through a wide area around Salt Lake city. Some communications are via remote sites. Where aircraft are communicating via a remote site only one side of the communications generally will be heard.
134.35 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Center	11.6 Miles	Pilots normally are advised to contact Salt Lake Center on this frequency when they depart uncontrolled airports in the Salt Lake City area.
134.425 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Airport No. 2 Weather	22.5 Miles	Salt Lake Airport No. 2 automated weather observations.
134.925 MHz	AM	Hill Tower Information	15 Miles	Airport Terminal Information Service (ATIS) announcements for aircraft landing and departing Hill Air Force Base. Weekdays only.
135.5 MHz	AM	Salt Lake Approach or Salt Lake Departure	11.6 Miles	Used to control landing and departing aircraft that are outside the tower control area, 8000 feet or more above ground level, and between 340 and 100 degrees magnetic from Salt Lake City International Airport.