Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport frequencies

Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport (AXS · KAXS) in Altus, OK has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.825
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 122.8
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 122.8
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 Altus

App/Dep 125.1
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 128.4 (LOW), 133.5 (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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAXS, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Altus Quartz Mountain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Altus Quartz Mountain.
  • Entering the pattern Altus Quartz Mountain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Altus Quartz Mountain.
  • Before taking the runway Altus Quartz Mountain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Altus Quartz Mountain.

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

By procedure & sector (4 more)
269.375CLINTON-SHERMAN RCAG (LOW)
290.9DEP/P
350.35WICHITA FALLS RCAG (LOW)
353.7APCH/P
Every KAXS frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.825
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service128.4 (LOW), 133.5 (LOW)
App/Dep125.1

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAXS?

Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KAXS?

ASOS/AWOS at Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport is 118.825. 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 KAXS?

App/Dep for Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport is 125.1, working as "Altus". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.