Clay Center Municipal Airport frequencies
Clay Center Municipal Airport (CYW · KCYW) in Clay Center, KS 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 Clay Center Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 119.95
- 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 Marshall Aaf Gca
- App/Dep 121.25
- One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.
Also
- Flight service 127.35 (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.
What to say on 122.8
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KCYW, 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 Clay Center Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Clay Center traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, Clay Center.
- Entering the pattern
Clay Center traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, Clay Center.
- Before taking the runway
Clay Center traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, Clay Center.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KCYW traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KCYW publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 257.975 | MANHATTAN RCAG (LOW) |
|---|---|
| 269.05 | APCH/P DEP/P |
Every KCYW frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 119.95 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| Flight service | 127.35 (LOW) |
| App/Dep | 121.25 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KCYW?
Clay Center 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 KCYW?
ASOS/AWOS at Clay Center Municipal Airport is 119.95. 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 KCYW?
App/Dep for Clay Center Municipal Airport is 121.25, working as "Marshall Aaf Gca". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KCYW
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.