Here is my air traffic scanning frequency list, which some of you might find helpful.

Please add to this list if there are frequencies I have missed- I am sure there are plenty:

Bank 1) Auckland International
1 NZAA Tower Primary 118.700
2 NZAA Tower Secondary 120.800
3 NZAA Delivery 128.200
4 NZAA Ground 121.900
5 NZAA Apron 123.000
6 NZAA ATIS 127.800
7 Ramp (Air NZ Int'l) 131.900
8 Ramp (Air NZ Domestic) 132.900
9 Ramp (Air NZ Link) 131.000

Bank 2) Auckland Regional Control
11 Auckland Control 129.500
12 Auckland Area Control 120.500
13 Auckland Approach 124.300
16 Christchurch Control Central North Island 119.500
17 Auckland Control 129.6
18 Auckland Oceanic Control Primary 123.900
19 Auckland Oceanic Control Secondary 134.000
20 Christchurch Information (Akl region) 118.500

Bank 3) General Aviation Frequencies
21 Ardmore Traffic (Unicom) 118.100
22 Ardmore AWIB 121.000
23 Auckland Aero Club 133.700
24 Ardmore Flying School 133.825
25 Massey University (Palmerston North) 133.300
26 Auckland MBZ (City) Traffic 120.400
28 North Shore MBZ (North Shore) Traffic 118.000
29 Great Barrier Island MBZ / Hauraki Gulf MBZ Traffic 124.400
30 Mercer MBZ (Mercer) Traffic 133.050

Bank 4) Large Airlines
31 Air New Zealand (Star Alliance) 131.900
32 Air New Zealand Domestic 130.300
33 Air NZ link (Eagle) 130.900
34 Air NZ link (Nelson) 131.400
35 Air NZ link (Mount Cook) 131.800
36 Great Barrier Airlines 130.600
37 Mountain Air 131.400
38 Qantas Int'l 134.050
39 Garuda / Argentina / Cathay / 133.950

Bank 5) Smaller Airline Companys
41 Westpac Rescue 129.900
42 Police Eagle 131.300
43 Coastguard 133.050?
44 NZ Warbirds 122.100
45 Christian Aviation 133.300
46 Drury Gliding Club 134.450
47 NZ Post 131.600
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Bank 6) Military
51 Whenuapai Tower Primary 134.500
52 Whenuapai Tower Secondary 119.900
53 Whenuapai Tower UHF 255.400
54 Whenuapai ATIS 270.600
55 Whenuapai PAR Primary 125.700
56 Whenuapai PAR Secondary 128.300
57 RNZAF Air Operations 135.100
58 RNZAF Northern Ops 126.800
59 RNZAF 40 Squadron 135.400
60 Red Checkers (Internal Coordination) 136.55

Bank 7) Other New Zealand Airports
61 New Plymouth Tower 124.700
62 New Plymouth Approach 118.100
63 Hamilton Tower Primary 122.900
64 Rotorua Tower 121.200
65 Tauranga Tower Primary 118.300
66 Tauranga Ground 123.400
67 Whangarei (Unattended) 118.600
68 Taupo (Traffic) 118.400
69 Palmerston Tower 120.600
70 Palmerston Ground 121.700
71 Palmerston ATIS 129.700
72 Paraparaumu Traffic 118.300
73 Paraparaumu AWIB 128.400
74 Timaru Traffic 119.500
75 Christchurch Tower 118.300
76 Christchurch Ground 121.900
77 Wellington Tower 118.800
78 Wellington Ground 121.900

This is the site I use when I need to find an ATC frequency http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~airdata/ATC%20Frequencies.htm .

Alex

and if you don't have a scanner, you can listen online to ATC from across the globe

http://www.liveatc.net/

What are Airline frequencies used for? e.g. the Air NZ frequency

Good point monkeybdg-
perhaps pilots radio back to their hub and ask someone at the desk to phone their wife to tell them the flight is running late, can you please pick the kids up from school?

lol seriously, I have heard ANZ using their own frequency to radio the arrival airport and ask for first aid and a wheelchair to be bought to the gate before. Hope this helps.

Was probably used today when my flight from NZAA-NZRO diverted back to NZAA, see more in this forum shortly .

Alex

i've heard them discuss last minute gate changes on arrival to NZAA. just a way for pilots to talk to airline ground crew

AA should be up, i was just listening to it

Got it now- awesome!

This seams to be 124.3 not 118.7

You can hear planes contacting tower but not the reply so their aerial is obviously not the flashest. Interesting just the same though. ATR diverted to Rotorua before due fog in Hamilton.

Hi,

Timaru Traffic is 119.500 if u want it

Your list looks good but as Alex said, I use the same website as him

Matthew

It also has Northland Christchurch Info

I think these are the Frequencys it covers

124.3 Auckland Center [Approach]
129.6 Auckland Approach
123.9 Auckland Area Control [Oceanic Control]
118.7 Auckland Tower
125.3 Christchurch Control
126.0 Christchurch Control
119.5 Christchurch Control
122.9 Hamilton Tower

134.050 Qantas Ops
133.950 Menzies Ops
131.900 Air New Zealand International Ops
132.900 Air New Zealand Domestic Ops



(taken from the site)

[What it should be... ZK-KAG ]

Seeing as this is a useful resource for the spotter, I thought I'd pin the topic so its easier to find in a hurry

~ZK-KAG~

If its cool Trolly, Ill also keep adding frequencies periodically as needed

Ive also made one or two amendments to the list.

Where did you get these from btw?

~ZK-KAG~

Does anyone know the frequencys for paraparaumu awib and paraparaumu traffic? If not the traffic is 118.300 and awib is 128.400

Great list

Air NZ Link (Nelson) is 131.40, i will confirm this tomo, was listening to all the action today (coz of the wx) on the Nelson Traffic radio (Nelson Traffic/Ops is on same Freq)

Okidoke, I'm happy to pop it in the main post - when you've confirmed just post here with the say-so.

Alex

just cranked up the scanner this morning, it is 131.40

If you get really stuck.. check out www.aip.net.nz

You can go to the aerodrome section and look up any aerodromes frequency (located on the top of the aerodrome operational data page usually).

If you are after terminal area radar, area radar or FISCOM frequency (CH Information as its known as) look up the appropriate section in the ENR (enroute) pages. Note a lot of the non-procedual tower frequencies are not repeated... if you are in a bit of a bad spot you might only be able to pick up airbourne stuff or repeated stuff. Remembering that VHF works ideally on line of site (LOS).

Leon

Can't find any NZ ATC on this site: http://www.liveatc.net/

Does anyone know where I can listen online to any New Zealand feeds?

There used to be a few NZ feeds on that website, but they were taken off as it was found they were in breach of the Telecommunications (?) act. To listen into ATC you'd really need to buy a scanner, or borrow one from a friend...

Alex

Yeah....and its super dumb they did that. The closest you can get to learning correct NZ terminology (without a scanner) is listening to the Aussie live ATC Feeds.

My Scenery map also has frequencies for airspace (well, it will as soon as I get home and upload the latest files

Red Cheakers Rule!!

you stole my post!

does anybody know what the average range of a scanner with the handheld aerial?

It depends on so many factors. The power of the transmitter, the location of the transmitter antenna (many frequencies actually have more than one transmitter site), the position of the receiver, and obstacles between receiver and transmitter are probably the most influential. You can be parked next to an airport listening to the tower and not receive a transmission from the tower if the receiver isn't sited well in your car, for instance. By contrast, with a good antenna in a good geographic location and with the right atmospheric conditions, you might receive the same transmitter many tens of miles away.

Here's a few rules to go by:

Area/Approach control often use hilltop sites, whereas towers generally don't, unless there is major terrain in the area
Towers are often the curse of home scanner enthusiasts because of the previous rule
You'll receive aircraft much further away than any ground station any day, even though their transmit power is considerably lower, due to having a clear line of sight
Area control centers often use multiple transmitter sites, and sometimes even switch between them depending on where the aircraft is they are calling
Many uncontrolled airports have ground stations specifically for IFR clearances either by Christchurch information, or the nearest area control center

I live about 4NM from Palmerston North tower, and I can't get it with a handheld antenna. If I lived in the country, I possibly could at this distance. I can, however, get Ohakea Control very clearly and I'm about 6NM from their hilltop transmitter site. When I lived in the country (25NM from Ohakea's radio) I could receive it fine with just a handheld antenna. PM tower was a little more challenging and required an outdoor antenna installation, but I got it at 10NM. Not a great reception, but readable.

If you give me specific details of where you're trying to listen from and what you're trying to pick up, I could give an idea if its feasible or not. I can get details on the radio equipment used at each of the transmitters (its public information).

Richard