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TSTC Waco Airport frequencies

TSTC Waco Airport (CNW · KCNW) in Waco, TX 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 TSTC Waco Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KCNW tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0700-2300. Outside those hours TSTC Waco Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 124.0, 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 KCNW airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Tstc

ASOS/AWOS 134.225
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 Tstc

Ground 121.7
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 124.0
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 Waco

Departure 126.125
Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.

Arrival Waco

Approach 127.65
Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.

Also

CTAF 124.0
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 133.3 (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 (4 more)
132.525ASR
227.125APCH/P DEP/P
255.7LCL/P
269.5WACO RCAG (LOW)
Every KCNW frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS134.225
Ground121.7
Tower124.0
CTAF124.0
UNICOM122.95
Flight service133.3 (LOW)
Approach127.65
Departure126.125

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KCNW?

TSTC Waco Airport tower is 124.0, calling "Tstc Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-2300.

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

Outside 0700-2300, TSTC Waco Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 124.0 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 KCNW?

Ground control at TSTC Waco Airport is 121.7. 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 KCNW?

ASOS/AWOS at TSTC Waco Airport is 134.225. 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 KCNW?

Approach for TSTC Waco Airport is 127.65, working as "Waco". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

More about KCNW

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