The airspace proposal for Ballina has now bounced around CASA & ASA for some time and this is the result....
New radio frequencies are being introduced to ease congestion and increase safety around Ballina, Lismore, Casino and Evans Head aerodromes.
From 16 June 2022 the following Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) will apply in these vicinities:
- Ballina – 124.2 MHz (no change)
- Lismore and Casino – 132.45 MHz
- Evans Head – Multicom CTAF of 126.7 MHz
there is very little comment on this change elsewhere in what I can find on the web etc.
there was a proposal for a class D tower floating around, but seems ASA don’t want to pay for it and obviously some senior manager/s in CASA don’t seem to want to push it. I just hope there is a good safety case for this proposal.