Castroville Municipal Airport frequencies

Castroville Municipal Airport (CVB · KCVB) in Castroville, TX 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

All of Castroville Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.25
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

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 San Antonio

App/Dep 118.05
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCVB, 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 Castroville Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Castroville traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, Castroville.
  • Entering the pattern Castroville traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, Castroville.
  • Before taking the runway Castroville traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, Castroville.

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

By procedure & sector (7 more)
125.1DNKIN RNAV STAR, POPPO RNAV STAR
125.7CRVZA RNAV STAR
127.1QERVO RNAV STAR
269.1QERVO RNAV STAR
290.225CRVZA RNAV STAR
307.0DNKIN RNAV STAR, POPPO RNV STAR
353.5APCH/P DEP/P
Every KCVB frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.25
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep118.05

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KCVB?

Castroville Municipal 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 KCVB?

ASOS/AWOS at Castroville Municipal Airport is 119.25. 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 KCVB?

App/Dep for Castroville Municipal Airport is 118.05, working as "San Antonio". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.