Anderson Regional Airport frequencies

Anderson Regional Airport (AND · KAND) in Anderson, SC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.6. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.675
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 123.6
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.

Departure & arrival Greer

App/Dep 118.8
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 127.5 (LOW/HIGH)
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 123.6

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAND, 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 — 123.6 is not unique to Anderson Regional Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
270.275APCH/P DEP/P
316.05ATHENS RCAG (LOW/HIGH)
Every KAND frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.675
CTAF123.6
Flight service127.5 (LOW/HIGH)
App/Dep118.8

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAND?

Anderson Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.6 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KAND?

ASOS/AWOS at Anderson Regional Airport is 120.675. 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 KAND?

App/Dep for Anderson Regional Airport is 118.8, working as "Greer". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.