Bartow Executive Airport frequencies
Bartow Executive Airport (BOW · KBOW) in Bartow, FL is a towered field, staffed 0730-1730. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map
All of Bartow Executive Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherWhen the KBOW tower is closed
The tower is staffed 0730-1730. Outside those hours Bartow Executive Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 121.2, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KBOW airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.
Before taxi Bartow
- ASOS/AWOS 123.775
- 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 Bartow
- Ground 121.9
- Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
- Tower 121.2 (primary), 121.5 (secondary)
- Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.
Departure & arrival Tampa
- App/Dep 119.9 (secondary), 120.65
- 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
- CTAF 121.2
- 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 122.95
- 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.
- Emergency 121.5
- 121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 290.3 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every KBOW frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 123.775 |
|---|---|
| Ground | 121.9 |
| Tower | 121.2 (primary), 121.5 (secondary) |
| CTAF | 121.2 |
| UNICOM | 122.95 |
| Emergency | 121.5 |
| App/Dep | 119.9 · secondary |
| App/Dep | 120.65 |
Frequently asked
What is the tower frequency at KBOW?
Bartow Executive Airport tower is 121.2 (primary), 121.5 (secondary), calling "Bartow Tower". The tower is staffed 0730-1730.
What frequency do I use at KBOW when the tower is closed?
Outside 0730-1730, Bartow Executive Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 121.2 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.
What is the ground frequency at KBOW?
Ground control at Bartow Executive Airport is 121.9. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KBOW?
ASOS/AWOS at Bartow Executive Airport is 123.775. 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 KBOW?
App/Dep for Bartow Executive Airport is 119.9, working as "Tampa" (secondary). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KBOW
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.