Nebraska City Municipal Airport frequencies

Nebraska City Municipal Airport (AFK · KAFK) in Nebraska City, NE has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 128.325
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 122.7
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 122.7
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 Omaha

App/Dep 135.875
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 122.7

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAFK, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to Nebraska City Municipal Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
354.05APCH/P DEP/P
Every KAFK frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS128.325
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
App/Dep135.875

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAFK?

Nebraska City Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KAFK?

ASOS/AWOS at Nebraska City Municipal Airport is 128.325. 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 KAFK?

App/Dep for Nebraska City Municipal Airport is 135.875, working as "Omaha". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.