Buckeye Municipal Airport frequencies

Buckeye Municipal Airport (BXK · KBXK) in Buckeye, AZ has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi Buckeye

ASOS/AWOS 119.625
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 Buckeye

CTAF 122.975
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 122.975
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 Luke

App/Dep 118.15 (NORTH), 119.2 (NORTH OF LUF · secondary), 125.45 (SOUTH), 126.8 (SOUTH OF LUF · secondary)
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 122.1R
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 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KBXK, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Buckeye Municipal Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (4 more)
263.125APCH/P DEP/P (SOUTH)
269.6APCH/S DEP/S (SOUTH OF LUF)
281.45APCH/S DEP/S (NORTH OF LUF)
363.125APCH/P DEP/P (NORTH)
Every KBXK frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.625
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
Flight service122.1R
App/Dep118.15 · NORTH
App/Dep119.2 · NORTH OF LUF · secondary
App/Dep125.45 · SOUTH
App/Dep126.8 · SOUTH OF LUF · secondary

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KBXK?

Buckeye Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KBXK?

ASOS/AWOS at Buckeye Municipal Airport is 119.625. 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 KBXK?

App/Dep for Buckeye Municipal Airport is 118.15, working as "Luke" (NORTH). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.