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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1734768 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
The FAA needs to take action regarding the over-saturation of CTAF frequencies at non-towered airports. I fly in the X area out of ZZZ1 airport; and frequently use ZZZ as a training field; as well as other fields in the area. The CTAF frequencies are grossly over-saturated; and it is unsafe to operate at non-controlled fields; especially on weekends and good weather days. I'm sure the FAA will come up and say there are no frequencies available; but I don't believe this; and the FAA could reassign other frequencies that are assigned to other uses but less used; to the CTAF function. Three or four airports share the same CTAF frequencies; and while flying some patterns I am unable to make one location transmission due to the CTAF being used by multiple pilots at multiple airports at the same time. This will cause an accident; it's just waiting to happen.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported concerns with CTAF frequency saturation and the use of one frequency for multiple airports.
Narrative: The FAA needs to take action regarding the over-saturation of CTAF frequencies at non-towered airports. I fly in the X area out of ZZZ1 airport; and frequently use ZZZ as a training field; as well as other fields in the area. The CTAF frequencies are grossly over-saturated; and it is unsafe to operate at non-controlled fields; especially on weekends and good weather days. I'm sure the FAA will come up and say there are no frequencies available; but I don't believe this; and the FAA could reassign other frequencies that are assigned to other uses but less used; to the CTAF function. Three or four airports share the same CTAF frequencies; and while flying some patterns I am unable to make one location transmission due to the CTAF being used by multiple pilots at multiple airports at the same time. This will cause an accident; it's just waiting to happen.
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.