West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field frequencies

West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field (CTJ · KCTJ) in Carrollton, GA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.175
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 121.6
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 122.975
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 122.975
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 Atlanta

App/Dep 121.0
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 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCTJ, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out West Georgia O V Gray traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, West Georgia O V Gray.
  • Entering the pattern West Georgia O V Gray traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, West Georgia O V Gray.
  • Before taking the runway West Georgia O V Gray traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, West Georgia O V Gray.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
268.7APCH/P DEP/P
Every KCTJ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.175
Clearance121.6
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
App/Dep121.0

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KCTJ?

West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KCTJ?

ASOS/AWOS at West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field is 118.175. 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 KCTJ?

App/Dep for West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field is 121.0, working as "Atlanta". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KCTJ?

Clearance delivery at West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field is 121.6. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.