Pender Municipal Airport frequencies

Pender Municipal Airport (0C4) in Pender, NE has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.9
The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.

Departure & arrival Sioux City

App/Dep 124.6
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

Flight service 125.025 (LOW)
Flight Service handles briefings, flight plans and en route advisories, reached here through a remote outlet. Open and close VFR flight plans, and get updated weather in the air. 1-800-WX-BRIEF reaches the same specialists from the ground.

What to say on 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 0C4, so every call is you telling other aircraft where you are. Open and close with the field name so a pilot tuned to a shared frequency knows which airport you mean — 122.9 is not unique to Pender Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Pender traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 15, Pender.
  • Entering the pattern Pender traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 15, Pender.
  • Before taking the runway Pender traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 15, Pender.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 0C4 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 0C4 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
235.625SIOUX CITY RCAG (LOW)
307.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every 0C4 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service125.025 (LOW)
App/Dep124.6

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 0C4?

Pender Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the approach frequency for 0C4?

App/Dep for Pender Municipal Airport is 124.6, working as "Sioux City". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.