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Old Sep 30, 2025 | 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Maxwell Smart
My memory is a but fuzzy on this, but I think Jackson, WY (JAC) operated this way during my 1 trip there in the late 90's flying in/out on United and listening to Channel 9. I think we were in contact with Denver Center till the mountains blocked further comms, then they spoke on CTAF/Unicom for the final descent/landing. Can anyone confirm/refute that JAC was a non-tower field then?

And to the OP, ironically when I was learning to fly, I flew to PHF on a cross-country specifically because I needed to do some takeoffs and landing while talking to a tower controller!
Jackson Hole had a Federal or Federal Contract tower between 1961 and 2013. At that point it became a funding piņata, but is currently operating as a NFC (Non-Federal Contract Tower). It was possible you were flying in outside tower operational hours, as suggested above.
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