Hastings frequencies
Hastings (9D9) in Hastings, MI has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.075. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
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- CTAF 123.075
- 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 123.075
- 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 Great Lakes
- App/Dep 128.4
- One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.
Also
- Flight service 128.4 (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 123.075
Nobody is sequencing traffic at 9D9, 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 — 123.075 is not unique to Hastings.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Hastings traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12, Hastings.
- Entering the pattern
Hastings traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12, Hastings.
- Before taking the runway
Hastings traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12, Hastings.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the 9D9 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if 9D9 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 257.6 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every 9D9 frequency, as one table
| CTAF | 123.075 |
|---|---|
| UNICOM | 123.075 |
| Flight service | 128.4 (LOW) |
| App/Dep | 128.4 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at 9D9?
Hastings is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.075 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the approach frequency for 9D9?
App/Dep for Hastings is 128.4, working as "Great Lakes". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about 9D9
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.
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