Searcy County Airport frequencies

Searcy County Airport (4A5) in Marshall, AR 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.

Also

Flight service 126.85 (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 4A5, 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 Searcy County Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Searcy traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 05, Searcy.
  • Entering the pattern Searcy traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 05, Searcy.
  • Before taking the runway Searcy traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 05, Searcy.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 4A5 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 4A5 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
281.55BRINKLEY RCAG (LOW), HARRISON RCAG (LOW)
Every 4A5 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service126.85 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 4A5?

Searcy County 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.