Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field frequencies

Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field (DED · KDED) in Deland, FL has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.075. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.575
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 123.075
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 123.075
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 Daytona

App/Dep 125.35
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 123.075

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KDED, 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 — 123.075 is not unique to Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Deland Sidney H Taylor traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 05, Deland Sidney H Taylor.
  • Entering the pattern Deland Sidney H Taylor traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 05, Deland Sidney H Taylor.
  • Before taking the runway Deland Sidney H Taylor traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 05, Deland Sidney H Taylor.

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

By procedure & sector (3 more)
118.85TTHOR STAR
322.3APCH/P DEP/P
353.825TTHOR STAR
Every KDED frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.575
CTAF123.075
UNICOM123.075
App/Dep125.35

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KDED?

Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.075 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KDED?

ASOS/AWOS at Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field is 119.575. 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 KDED?

App/Dep for Deland Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field is 125.35, working as "Daytona". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.