Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base frequencies

Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF · KCEF) in Chicopee, MA is a towered field, staffed 0700-2300. 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 Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KCEF tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0700-2300. Outside those hours Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 134.85, 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 KCEF airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Westover

ATIS 127.525: A recorded loop of the field's weather, active runway and any notices, updated hourly or whenever conditions change. Listen before your first call, and tell the controller which letter you have so they do not read it to you again.

Taxi & takeoff Westover

Ground 118.35: 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 134.85: 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 Bradley

App/Dep 125.35 (DEER PARK · STELA arrivals): 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 134.85: 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 (10 more)

123.95	DEER PARK STAR (061-240)
125.35	DEER PARK STAR (241-060), STELA STAR
243.0	EMERG
252.1	COMD POST (439 AW)
274.75	PMSV METRO
275.8	GND/P
281.5	APCH/P DEP/P, DEER PARK STAR (241-060), STELA STAR
290.55	DEER PARK STAR (061-240)
348.75	LCL/P
372.2	PTD

Every KCEF frequency, as one table

ATIS	127.525
Ground	118.35
Tower	134.85
CTAF	134.85
UNICOM	122.95
Emergency	121.5
App/Dep	125.35 · DEER PARK · STELA arrivals

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KCEF?

Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base tower is 134.85, calling "Westover Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-2300.

What frequency do I use at KCEF when the tower is closed?

Outside 0700-2300, Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 134.85 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 KCEF?

Ground control at Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base is 118.35. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ATIS frequency at KCEF?

ATIS at Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base is 127.525. Listen before your first call and report the letter you have.

What is the approach frequency for KCEF?

App/Dep for Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base is 125.35, working as "Bradley" (DEER PARK · STELA arrivals). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

More about KCEF

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.