Bob Sikes Airport frequencies
Bob Sikes Airport (CEW · KCEW) in Crestview, FL has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.075. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Bob Sikes Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi Crestview
- ASOS/AWOS 119.275
- 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 Crestview
- CTAF 123.075
- 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 123.075
- 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 Eglin
- App/Dep 124.05
- 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 122.2
- 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 123.075
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCEW, 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 — 123.075 is not unique to Bob Sikes Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Bob Sikes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Bob Sikes.
- Entering the pattern
Bob Sikes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Bob Sikes.
- Before taking the runway
Bob Sikes traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Bob Sikes.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KCEW traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KCEW publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 284.65 | APCH/P DEP/P |
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Every KCEW frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 119.275 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.075 |
| UNICOM | 123.075 |
| Flight service | 122.2 |
| App/Dep | 124.05 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KCEW?
Bob Sikes Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.075 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KCEW?
ASOS/AWOS at Bob Sikes Airport is 119.275. 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 KCEW?
App/Dep for Bob Sikes Airport is 124.05, working as "Eglin". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KCEW
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.
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