Cloquet Carlton County Airport frequencies

Cloquet Carlton County Airport (COQ · KCOQ) in Cloquet, MN has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.525
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 122.15
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 122.8
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 122.8
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 Duluth

App/Dep 125.45
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCOQ, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Cloquet Carlton County Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Cloquet Carlton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Cloquet Carlton.
  • Entering the pattern Cloquet Carlton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Cloquet Carlton.
  • Before taking the runway Cloquet Carlton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Cloquet Carlton.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KCOQ traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KCOQ publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
233.7APCH/P DEP/P
Every KCOQ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.525
Clearance122.15
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep125.45

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KCOQ?

Cloquet Carlton County Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KCOQ?

ASOS/AWOS at Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 118.525. 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 KCOQ?

App/Dep for Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 125.45, working as "Duluth". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KCOQ?

Clearance delivery at Cloquet Carlton County Airport is 122.15. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.