Nappanee Municipal Airport frequencies

Nappanee Municipal Airport (C03) in Nappanee, IN has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 123.0
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 123.0
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 South Bend

App/Dep 132.05
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 135.9 (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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at C03, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Nappanee Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Nappanee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09, Nappanee.
  • Entering the pattern Nappanee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09, Nappanee.
  • Before taking the runway Nappanee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09, Nappanee.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the C03 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if C03 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
257.8APCH/P DEP/P
314.0GOSHEN RCAG (LOW)
Every C03 frequency, as one table
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
Flight service135.9 (LOW)
App/Dep132.05

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at C03?

Nappanee Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the approach frequency for C03?

App/Dep for Nappanee Municipal Airport is 132.05, working as "South Bend". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.