East Kansas City Airport frequencies
East Kansas City Airport (3GV) in Grain Valley, MO has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of East Kansas City Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- Clearance 121.3
- Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.
Taxi & takeoff
- CTAF 122.8
- 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 122.8
- 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.
Departure & arrival Kansas City
- App/Dep 118.4
- One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.
What to say on 122.8
Nobody is sequencing traffic at 3GV, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to East Kansas City Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
East Kansas City traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 05, East Kansas City.
- Entering the pattern
East Kansas City traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 05, East Kansas City.
- Before taking the runway
East Kansas City traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 05, East Kansas City.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 3GV traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 3GV publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 307.35 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every 3GV frequency, as one table
| Clearance | 121.3 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| App/Dep | 118.4 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at 3GV?
East Kansas City Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the approach frequency for 3GV?
App/Dep for East Kansas City Airport is 118.4, working as "Kansas City". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at 3GV?
Clearance delivery at East Kansas City Airport is 121.3. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about 3GV
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.