Gastonia Municipal Airport frequencies
Gastonia Municipal Airport (AKH · KAKH) in Gastonia, NC 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
All of Gastonia Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 135.725
- 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 127.2
- 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 123.0
- 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 Charlotte
- App/Dep 120.05 (BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures)
- 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 123.0
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAKH, 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 Gastonia Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Gastonia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 03, Gastonia.
- Entering the pattern
Gastonia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 03, Gastonia.
- Before taking the runway
Gastonia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 03, Gastonia.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KAKH traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KAKH publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (7 more)
| 120.05 | BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KERMIT DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KRITR DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP, WEAZL DP |
|---|---|
| 126.15 | RASLN STAR |
| 135.6 | JOOLS STAR |
| 257.2 | APCH/P DEP/P, BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP |
| 282.325 | RASLN STAR |
| 307.8 | KRITR DP, WEAZL DP |
| 377.15 | JOOLS STAR |
Every KAKH frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 135.725 |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 127.2 |
| CTAF | 123.0 |
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
| App/Dep | 120.05 · BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KAKH?
Gastonia 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 ASOS/AWOS frequency at KAKH?
ASOS/AWOS at Gastonia Municipal Airport is 135.725. 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 KAKH?
App/Dep for Gastonia Municipal Airport is 120.05, working as "Charlotte" (BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at KAKH?
Clearance delivery at Gastonia Municipal Airport is 127.2. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about KAKH
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.