Davenport Municipal Airport frequencies

Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN · KDVN) in Davenport, IA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.175
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 118.35
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 123.0
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 123.0
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 Quad City

App/Dep 125.95
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 118.75 (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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KDVN, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Davenport Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Davenport traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 03, Davenport.
  • Entering the pattern Davenport traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 03, Davenport.
  • Before taking the runway Davenport traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 03, Davenport.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
257.8APCH/P DEP/P
377.05MOLINE RCAG (LOW)
Every KDVN frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.175
Clearance118.35
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
Flight service118.75 (LOW)
App/Dep125.95

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KDVN?

Davenport Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KDVN?

ASOS/AWOS at Davenport Municipal Airport is 120.175. 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 KDVN?

App/Dep for Davenport Municipal Airport is 125.95, working as "Quad City". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KDVN?

Clearance delivery at Davenport Municipal Airport is 118.35. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.