Council Bluffs Municipal Airport frequencies
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (CBF · KCBF) in Council Bluffs, IA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.725. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Council Bluffs Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 126.575
- 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 127.675
- 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 122.725
- 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 122.725
- 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 Omaha
- App/Dep 124.5
- 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 122.725
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCBF, 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 — 122.725 is not unique to Council Bluffs Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Council Bluffs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 14, Council Bluffs.
- Entering the pattern
Council Bluffs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 14, Council Bluffs.
- Before taking the runway
Council Bluffs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 14, Council Bluffs.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KCBF traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KCBF publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 263.0 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every KCBF frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 126.575 |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 127.675 |
| CTAF | 122.725 |
| UNICOM | 122.725 |
| App/Dep | 124.5 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KCBF?
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.725 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KCBF?
ASOS/AWOS at Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is 126.575. 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 KCBF?
App/Dep for Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is 124.5, working as "Omaha". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at KCBF?
Clearance delivery at Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is 127.675. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about KCBF
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.