Litchfield Municipal frequencies
Litchfield Municipal (3LF) in Litchfield, IL 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 Litchfield Municipal — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 118.175
- An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.
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 Saint Louis
- App/Dep 124.2
- 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 3LF, 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 Litchfield Municipal.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Litchfield traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Litchfield.
- Entering the pattern
Litchfield traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Litchfield.
- Before taking the runway
Litchfield traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Litchfield.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 3LF traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 3LF publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 353.9 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every 3LF frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 118.175 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| App/Dep | 124.2 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at 3LF?
Litchfield Municipal 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 ASOS/AWOS frequency at 3LF?
ASOS/AWOS at Litchfield Municipal is 118.175. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
What is the approach frequency for 3LF?
App/Dep for Litchfield Municipal is 124.2, working as "Saint Louis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about 3LF
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.
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