Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field frequencies

Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field (4G7) in Fairmont, WV 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 Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

Clearance 118.35
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 Clarksburg

App/Dep 121.15
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 126.95 (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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at 4G7, 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 Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 4G7 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 4G7 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
239.3BELMONT RCAG (LOW)
284.65APCH/P DEP/P
Every 4G7 frequency, as one table
Clearance118.35
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service126.95 (LOW)
App/Dep121.15

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at 4G7?

Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field 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 4G7?

App/Dep for Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field is 121.15, working as "Clarksburg". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at 4G7?

Clearance delivery at Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field is 118.35. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.