Cape Girardeau Regional Airport frequencies
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI · KCGI) in Cape Girardeau, MO is a towered field, staffed 0700-1900 MON-FRI; 0700-1700 SAT-SUN. 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 Cape Girardeau Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherWhen the KCGI tower is closed
The tower is staffed 0700-1900 MON-FRI; 0700-1700 SAT-SUN. Outside those hours Cape Girardeau Regional Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 125.525, 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 KCGI airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.
Before taxi Cape Girardeau
- ASOS/AWOS 120.55
- 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 Cape Girardeau
- Ground 124.7
- 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 125.525
- 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.
Also
- CTAF 125.525
- 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.
- Flight service 122.4, 133.65 (LOW)
- 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.
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 112.9/76X | CGI DME |
|---|---|
| 292.15 | PADUCAH RCAG (LOW) |
Every KCGI frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.55 |
|---|---|
| Ground | 124.7 |
| Tower | 125.525 |
| CTAF | 125.525 |
| UNICOM | 122.95 |
| Flight service | 122.4, 133.65 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the tower frequency at KCGI?
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport tower is 125.525, calling "Cape Girardeau Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-1900 MON-FRI; 0700-1700 SAT-SUN.
What frequency do I use at KCGI when the tower is closed?
Outside 0700-1900 MON-FRI; 0700-1700 SAT-SUN, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 125.525 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 KCGI?
Ground control at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is 124.7. 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 KCGI?
ASOS/AWOS at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is 120.55. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
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Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.