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ARINC VHF Air/Ground

Enroute System

This system consists of several series of linked ground stations, providing contact for aircraft flying along most major US routes. Connect the dots for each group on a US map, and you'll have the same thing that ARINC issues. The map that I have is dated 1988, prior to the dissolution of Atlanta Radio.

• 128.900

  • JFK, White Plains, Allentown, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Toledo

  • DFW, Midland, El Paso, Las Cruces, Tuscon, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Mt. Laguna, San Diego

• 129.350

  • LaGuardia, Williamsport, Cleveland, Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Cincinatti, St. Louis, [Dayton]

• 129.400

  • Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Pensacola, Venice, Cameron, Brownsville

  • Bangor, [Portland], Boston, [Manchester], [Hartford], [Providence], Binghampton, Burlington, [Syracuse], Rochester, Toronto, Detroit, Grand Rapids, [Saginaw],   Escomobe (?), Chicago

  • Seattle, Vancouver, Port Hardy, Juneau, & other points leading to Anchorageb

• 129.450

  • Newark?, Philadelphia, Reagan National, [Dulles], Norfolk, [Richmond], Raleigh, Roanoke, Atlanda, [Columbia], Charleston, SC

  • Chicago, Moline, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, McCook

• 129.500

  • Honolulu, Maui

• 129.850

  • San Francisco, Redding, Arcadia, Medford, Eugene, Portland, Seattle

• 129.900

  • New York Radio - East Coast of US, possibly associcated with 5294 kHz. Possibly used by flights entering and exiting USA

• 130.200

  • Newark, Baltimore, Charleston, WV, Knoxville, Nashville, [Huntsville], Birmingham, Paducah, Memphis, Little Rock, Dallas

  • Pueblo, [Colorado Springs], Denver, Grand Junction, Green River, Bryce Canyon, Mt. Peton NV

• 130.400

  • O'Neill, KS, Scottsbluff, Denver, Casper, Rock Springs, Salt Lake City, Idaho Falls, Boise, Pendleton, Ely NV, Tonopah, Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco

  • San Juan, PR

• 130.425 - Used in all systems for aircraft on the ground at major airports [in brackets] which don't have RCO's on the route's regular frequency. If you live near one of the bracketed sites, monitor both this, and the regular assigned frequency. This may yield both sides of the converations. For example, I live in Richmond, VA and listen to aircraft in flight on 129.45 and the ground station's reply on 130.425.

• 130.800

  • San Francisco, Fresno, [San Jose], [Monterey], Santa Maria, [Santa Barbara], Los Angeles, [Long Beach], San Diego

• 131.175

  • Jacksonville, Orlando, West Palm Beach, [Fort Lauderdale], Miami, [Fort Myers], Tampa, Bainbridge GA, Jackson, New Orleans, Shreveport

• 131.300

  • Kansas City, Wichita, Garden City, Alamesa, Farmington, Albuquerque, Williams AZ, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

• 131.650
  • Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, DFW, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, HRL
• 131.800
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, [MSN], Minneapolis, Grand Forks, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Mobridge? SD, Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Spokane, Seattle

• 131.950
  • West Coast, San Francisco to Santa Barbara
  • Honolulu, Molokai, Maui (& waters north of Hawaii)

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