Spanish Peaks Airfield frequencies
Spanish Peaks Airfield (4V1) in Walsenburg, CO 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 Spanish Peaks Airfield — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 123.6
- 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.
Also
- Flight service 128.375 (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 4V1, 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 Spanish Peaks Airfield.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Spanish Peaks traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09, Spanish Peaks.
- Entering the pattern
Spanish Peaks traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09, Spanish Peaks.
- Before taking the runway
Spanish Peaks traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09, Spanish Peaks.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 4V1 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 4V1 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 379.95 | ALAMOSA RCAG (LOW) |
|---|
Every 4V1 frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 123.6 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| Flight service | 128.375 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at 4V1?
Spanish Peaks Airfield 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 4V1?
ASOS/AWOS at Spanish Peaks Airfield is 123.6. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about 4V1
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.
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