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It was reported that boston tower used a frequency that is not published in any publication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1519900 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Boston tower uses frequency 132.225 on a regular basis for multiple runways. However; this frequency is not published in the jeppesen charts for boston; the FAA airport facility directory (AFD); FAA airport/approach plates online; nor is there a NOTAM indicating that it exists. I checked multiple sources of information for the boston airport and cannot find any publication that has this frequency listed. I have flown into boston several times recently and been assigned tower frequency 132.225 by the approach controller. All of the jeppesen charts; including the airport diagram only show one tower frequency of 128.80.this is problematic because there are times you may not hear the frequency assignment correctly and need to cross-reference one of the approach charts or the airport charts and it is not listed. It is surprising that none of the FAA publications including FAA airport charts and approach plates; as well as the AFD do not list this. It appears this issue is not isolated to jeppesen charts and needs to be corrected by the FAA.it would be great if the FAA could update the tower frequencies for boston and also if the jeppesen charts could be updated to reflect this frequency. I would say; more often than not; 132.225 is the frequency the boston tower uses rather than 128.80. In the meantime; a NOTAM should be issued indicating this is a tower frequency that is in use.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: It was reported that Boston Tower used a frequency that is not published in any publication.
Narrative: Boston Tower uses frequency 132.225 on a regular basis for multiple runways. However; this frequency is not published in the Jeppesen charts for Boston; the FAA Airport Facility Directory (AFD); FAA airport/approach plates online; nor is there a NOTAM indicating that it exists. I checked multiple sources of information for the Boston airport and cannot find any publication that has this frequency listed. I have flown into Boston several times recently and been assigned tower frequency 132.225 by the approach controller. All of the Jeppesen charts; including the airport diagram only show one tower frequency of 128.80.This is problematic because there are times you may not hear the frequency assignment correctly and need to cross-reference one of the approach charts or the airport charts and it is not listed. It is surprising that none of the FAA publications including FAA airport charts and approach plates; as well as the AFD do not list this. It appears this issue is not isolated to Jeppesen charts and needs to be corrected by the FAA.It would be great if the FAA could update the tower frequencies for Boston and also if the Jeppesen charts could be updated to reflect this frequency. I would say; more often than not; 132.225 is the frequency the Boston tower uses rather than 128.80. In the meantime; a NOTAM should be issued indicating this is a tower frequency that is in use.
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.