North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport frequencies

North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport (F45) in West Palm Beach, FL 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

All of North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.975
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.
Clearance 120.825
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 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 Palm Beach

App/Dep 128.3
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 123.075

Nobody is sequencing traffic at F45, 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 North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out North Palm Beach General Aviation traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 08L, North Palm Beach General Aviation.
  • Entering the pattern North Palm Beach General Aviation traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 08L, North Palm Beach General Aviation.
  • Before taking the runway North Palm Beach General Aviation traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 08L, North Palm Beach General Aviation.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the F45 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if F45 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (4 more)
124.6CLMNT STAR, JESTR STAR
125.2TTYLR STAR
127.35VUUDU STAR
317.4APCH/P DEP/P, CLMNT STAR, JESTR STAR, TTYLR STAR, VUUDU STAR
Every F45 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.975
Clearance120.825
CTAF123.075
UNICOM123.075
App/Dep128.3

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at F45?

North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport 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 ASOS/AWOS frequency at F45?

ASOS/AWOS at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport is 119.975. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for F45?

App/Dep for North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport is 128.3, working as "Palm Beach". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at F45?

Clearance delivery at North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport is 120.825. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.