Pioneer Village Field frequencies

Pioneer Village Field (0V3) in Minden, NE has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.7
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.
UNICOM 122.7
A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.

Also

Flight service 119.4 (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 122.7

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 0V3, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to Pioneer Village Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Pioneer Village traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Pioneer Village.
  • Entering the pattern Pioneer Village traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Pioneer Village.
  • Before taking the runway Pioneer Village traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Pioneer Village.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 0V3 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 0V3 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
278.8HASTINGS RCAG (LOW)
Every 0V3 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
Flight service119.4 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 0V3?

Pioneer Village Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.