diff --git a/app/pages/pm.vue b/app/pages/pm.vue
index 503bb98..de6527a 100644
--- a/app/pages/pm.vue
+++ b/app/pages/pm.vue
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ import { useApi } from '~/composables/useApi'
 import { loadPizzicatoLite } from '../../shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import type { PizzicatoLite } from '../../shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import { createNoiseGenerators, getReadabilityProfile } from '../../shared/utils/radioEffects'
+import { createAtisAudioLoop, type AtisAudioLoop } from '../../shared/utils/atisAudioLoop'
 import type {
   CandidateTraceElimination,
   CandidateTraceEntry,
@@ -1526,8 +1527,9 @@ const airportFrequencies = ref<AirportFrequencyEntry[]>([])
 const airportFrequencyLoading = ref(false)
 const frequencySources = ref({ vatsim: false, openaip: false })
 const atisPlaybackLoading = ref(false)
-const atisLoopAudio = ref<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null)
 const atisLoopKey = ref<string | null>(null)
+let atisAudioLoop: AtisAudioLoop | null = null
+let atisLoopActive = false
 let atisLoopSeq = 0
 
 onMounted(async () => {
@@ -2667,32 +2669,46 @@ const resolveAtisEpoch = (entry: AirportFrequencyEntry): number => {
   return Date.now()
 }
 
+const ensureAtisAudioLoop = (): AtisAudioLoop => {
+  if (!atisAudioLoop) {
+    atisAudioLoop = createAtisAudioLoop()
+  }
+  return atisAudioLoop
+}
+
 const stopAtisLoop = () => {
-  const audio = atisLoopAudio.value
-  if (audio) {
+  atisLoopSeq += 1
+  atisLoopActive = false
+  atisLoopKey.value = null
+  if (atisAudioLoop) {
     try {
-      audio.pause()
-      audio.removeAttribute('src')
-      audio.load()
+      atisAudioLoop.stop()
     } catch (err) {
       pmLog.warn('ATIS loop stop failed', err)
     }
   }
-  atisLoopAudio.value = null
-  atisLoopKey.value = null
-  atisLoopSeq += 1
 }
 
 const startAtisLoop = async (entry: AirportFrequencyEntry) => {
   if (!entry) return
 
   const desiredKey = buildAtisLoopKey(entry)
-  if (atisLoopAudio.value && atisLoopKey.value === desiredKey) {
+  if (atisLoopActive && atisLoopKey.value === desiredKey) {
     return
   }
 
   stopAtisLoop()
 
+  // Carrier-Noise SOFORT — user gets feedback before TTS is back
+  const loop = ensureAtisAudioLoop()
+  try {
+    loop.startLoading()
+  } catch (err) {
+    pmLog.warn('ATIS carrier start failed', err)
+  }
+  atisLoopActive = true
+  atisLoopKey.value = desiredKey
+
   let content = (entry.atisText || '').trim()
   if (!content) {
     const metar = await fetchMetarText(flightContext.value.dep)
@@ -2703,6 +2719,7 @@ const startAtisLoop = async (entry: AirportFrequencyEntry) => {
 
   if (!content) {
     setLastTransmission('ATIS: No current information available')
+    // Lass den Carrier laufen — Pilot hört dass die Frequenz aktiv ist, nur keine Ansage
     return
   }
 
@@ -2727,29 +2744,26 @@ const startAtisLoop = async (entry: AirportFrequencyEntry) => {
     if (requestSeq !== atisLoopSeq) return
     if (!response?.success || !response.audio) return
 
-    const dataUrl = `data:${response.audio.mime || 'audio/wav'};base64,${response.audio.base64}`
-    const audio = new Audio(dataUrl)
-    audio.loop = true
-    audio.preload = 'auto'
-
-    audio.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', () => {
-      if (requestSeq !== atisLoopSeq) return
-      const duration = audio.duration
-      if (!Number.isFinite(duration) || duration <= 0) {
-        audio.play().catch(err => pmLog.warn('ATIS loop play failed', err))
-        return
-      }
-      const offset = ((Date.now() - epoch) / 1000) % duration
-      audio.currentTime = offset < 0 ? offset + duration : offset
-      audio.play().catch(err => pmLog.warn('ATIS loop play failed', err))
-    }, { once: true })
-
-    audio.addEventListener('error', (err) => {
-      pmLog.warn('ATIS loop audio error', err)
+    const result = await loop.startBroadcast({
+      audioBase64: response.audio.base64,
+      mime: response.audio.mime,
+      epochMs: epoch,
+    })
+
+    if (requestSeq !== atisLoopSeq) return
+    if (!result) {
+      pmLog.warn('ATIS loop broadcast start returned null (decode failed?)')
+      return
+    }
+
+    pmLog.info('ATIS loop start', {
+      icao: flightContext.value.dep,
+      atisCode: entry.atisCode,
+      duration: result.duration,
+      requestedOffset: result.requestedOffset,
+      epochAgeSec: (Date.now() - epoch) / 1000,
     })
 
-    atisLoopAudio.value = audio
-    atisLoopKey.value = desiredKey
     setLastTransmission(`ATIS: ${announcement}`)
   } catch (err) {
     pmLog.error('ATIS loop TTS failed', err)
@@ -3117,10 +3131,10 @@ watch(
   },
   (next, prev) => {
     if (!next) {
-      if (atisLoopAudio.value) stopAtisLoop()
+      if (atisLoopActive) stopAtisLoop()
       return
     }
-    if (prev && prev.key === next.key && atisLoopAudio.value) return
+    if (prev && prev.key === next.key && atisLoopActive) return
     startAtisLoop(next.entry)
   },
   { immediate: true }
diff --git a/shared/utils/atisAudioLoop.ts b/shared/utils/atisAudioLoop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8663f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/utils/atisAudioLoop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+/**
+ * ATIS audio loop with carrier-noise bed. Web Audio API based so the loop
+ * seek is sample-accurate (`source.start(when, offset)`), unlike
+ * HTMLAudioElement.currentTime which browsers can quantize.
+ *
+ * Two BufferSources fed through gain nodes into a shared AudioContext:
+ *   1. Carrier noise (1s buffer, looped, bandpass-filtered) — starts on
+ *      tune, stays running. Loud gain while ATIS is loading, quiet "bed"
+ *      gain while ATIS plays.
+ *   2. ATIS audio — decoded from TTS base64, looped, started at the
+ *      virtual-clock offset.
+ */
+
+export type AtisLoopPhase = 'idle' | 'loading' | 'playing'
+
+export interface AtisLoopState {
+    phase: AtisLoopPhase
+    requestedOffset?: number
+    duration?: number
+    startedAt?: number
+    startedAtCtx?: number
+    epochMs?: number
+}
+
+export interface AtisAudioLoop {
+    startLoading(): void
+    startBroadcast(opts: {
+        audioBase64: string
+        mime?: string
+        epochMs: number
+    }): Promise<{ requestedOffset: number; duration: number } | null>
+    stop(): void
+    getState(): AtisLoopState
+}
+
+const CARRIER_GAIN_LOUD = 0.45
+const CARRIER_GAIN_BED = 0.12
+const CARRIER_FADE_S = 0.5
+const CARRIER_BANDPASS_HZ = 1500
+const CARRIER_BANDPASS_Q = 1.0
+
+function base64ToArrayBuffer(base64: string): ArrayBuffer {
+    const binary = atob(base64)
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length)
+    for (let i = 0; i < binary.length; i++) bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i)
+    return bytes.buffer
+}
+
+export function createAtisAudioLoop(): AtisAudioLoop {
+    if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+        // SSR safety — return a no-op stub
+        return {
+            startLoading() {},
+            async startBroadcast() { return null },
+            stop() {},
+            getState() { return { phase: 'idle' } }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let ctx: AudioContext | null = null
+    let carrierSource: AudioBufferSourceNode | null = null
+    let carrierGain: GainNode | null = null
+    let atisSource: AudioBufferSourceNode | null = null
+    let atisGain: GainNode | null = null
+
+    const state: AtisLoopState = { phase: 'idle' }
+
+    const ensureCtx = (): AudioContext => {
+        if (ctx && ctx.state !== 'closed') {
+            // Some browsers auto-suspend the context — resume on demand.
+            if (ctx.state === 'suspended') ctx.resume().catch(() => {})
+            return ctx
+        }
+        const Ctor: typeof AudioContext = window.AudioContext
+            // @ts-expect-error: webkitAudioContext for older Safari
+            ?? window.webkitAudioContext
+        ctx = new Ctor()
+        return ctx
+    }
+
+    const buildCarrierBuffer = (): AudioBuffer => {
+        const c = ensureCtx()
+        // 1-second buffer, looped. White noise, light high-pass tilt.
+        const length = c.sampleRate
+        const buffer = c.createBuffer(1, length, c.sampleRate)
+        const ch = buffer.getChannelData(0)
+        let prev = 0
+        for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            const white = Math.random() * 2 - 1
+            // simple 1-sample tilt to take off the bass weight
+            const sample = white * 0.9 - prev * 0.5
+            prev = white
+            ch[i] = sample
+        }
+        return buffer
+    }
+
+    const stopCarrier = () => {
+        if (carrierSource) {
+            try { carrierSource.stop() } catch { /* already stopped */ }
+            try { carrierSource.disconnect() } catch {}
+            carrierSource = null
+        }
+        if (carrierGain) {
+            try { carrierGain.disconnect() } catch {}
+            carrierGain = null
+        }
+    }
+
+    const stopAtis = () => {
+        if (atisSource) {
+            try { atisSource.stop() } catch {}
+            try { atisSource.disconnect() } catch {}
+            atisSource = null
+        }
+        if (atisGain) {
+            try { atisGain.disconnect() } catch {}
+            atisGain = null
+        }
+    }
+
+    const exposeDebug = () => {
+        if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+            ;(window as any).__atisDebug = {
+                ctx,
+                carrierSource,
+                carrierGain,
+                atisSource,
+                atisGain,
+                state: { ...state }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const startLoading = () => {
+        const c = ensureCtx()
+        if (carrierSource) {
+            // Already running. Ramp back up to loud in case we were in bed mode.
+            if (carrierGain) {
+                const now = c.currentTime
+                carrierGain.gain.cancelScheduledValues(now)
+                carrierGain.gain.setValueAtTime(carrierGain.gain.value, now)
+                carrierGain.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(CARRIER_GAIN_LOUD, now + CARRIER_FADE_S)
+            }
+            state.phase = state.phase === 'playing' ? 'playing' : 'loading'
+            exposeDebug()
+            return
+        }
+
+        const buffer = buildCarrierBuffer()
+        const source = c.createBufferSource()
+        source.buffer = buffer
+        source.loop = true
+
+        const bandpass = c.createBiquadFilter()
+        bandpass.type = 'bandpass'
+        bandpass.frequency.value = CARRIER_BANDPASS_HZ
+        bandpass.Q.value = CARRIER_BANDPASS_Q
+
+        const gain = c.createGain()
+        gain.gain.value = 0
+        const now = c.currentTime
+        gain.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(CARRIER_GAIN_LOUD, now + CARRIER_FADE_S)
+
+        source.connect(bandpass)
+        bandpass.connect(gain)
+        gain.connect(c.destination)
+        source.start()
+
+        carrierSource = source
+        carrierGain = gain
+        state.phase = 'loading'
+        exposeDebug()
+    }
+
+    const startBroadcast = async ({ audioBase64, mime: _mime, epochMs }: {
+        audioBase64: string
+        mime?: string
+        epochMs: number
+    }) => {
+        const c = ensureCtx()
+        let audioBuffer: AudioBuffer
+        try {
+            const arrayBuffer = base64ToArrayBuffer(audioBase64)
+            audioBuffer = await c.decodeAudioData(arrayBuffer)
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('[ATIS] decodeAudioData failed', err)
+            return null
+        }
+
+        // Stop any previous broadcast — we're switching ATIS sources.
+        stopAtis()
+
+        const duration = audioBuffer.duration
+        const elapsed = (Date.now() - epochMs) / 1000
+        const requestedOffset = ((elapsed % duration) + duration) % duration
+
+        const source = c.createBufferSource()
+        source.buffer = audioBuffer
+        source.loop = true
+
+        const gain = c.createGain()
+        gain.gain.value = 1.0
+
+        source.connect(gain)
+        gain.connect(c.destination)
+
+        const startedAtCtx = c.currentTime
+        source.start(0, requestedOffset)
+
+        // Fade carrier down to "bed" level
+        if (carrierGain) {
+            const now = c.currentTime
+            carrierGain.gain.cancelScheduledValues(now)
+            carrierGain.gain.setValueAtTime(carrierGain.gain.value, now)
+            carrierGain.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(CARRIER_GAIN_BED, now + CARRIER_FADE_S)
+        }
+
+        atisSource = source
+        atisGain = gain
+        state.phase = 'playing'
+        state.requestedOffset = requestedOffset
+        state.duration = duration
+        state.startedAt = Date.now()
+        state.startedAtCtx = startedAtCtx
+        state.epochMs = epochMs
+
+        exposeDebug()
+        return { requestedOffset, duration }
+    }
+
+    const stop = () => {
+        // Quick fade out the carrier then stop both sources
+        if (ctx && carrierGain) {
+            const now = ctx.currentTime
+            try {
+                carrierGain.gain.cancelScheduledValues(now)
+                carrierGain.gain.setValueAtTime(carrierGain.gain.value, now)
+                carrierGain.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(0, now + 0.15)
+            } catch {}
+        }
+        // Schedule stops slightly in the future so the fade completes audibly
+        const stopDelay = 200
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            stopAtis()
+            stopCarrier()
+            state.phase = 'idle'
+            state.requestedOffset = undefined
+            state.duration = undefined
+            state.startedAt = undefined
+            state.startedAtCtx = undefined
+            state.epochMs = undefined
+            exposeDebug()
+        }, stopDelay)
+    }
+
+    const getState = (): AtisLoopState => ({ ...state })
+
+    return { startLoading, startBroadcast, stop, getState }
+}