Shannon Airport frequencies
Shannon Airport (EZF · KEZF) in Fredericksburg, VA 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 Shannon Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 128.125
- 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 Quantico
- App/Dep 127.05, 128.525 (WHEN NYG TWR CLSD · HYPER · PRTZL · WAYNZ arrivals)
- 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 KEZF, 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 Shannon Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Shannon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Shannon.
- Entering the pattern
Shannon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Shannon.
- Before taking the runway
Shannon traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Shannon.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KEZF traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KEZF publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (7 more)
| 120.45 | TIKEE STAR |
|---|---|
| 126.75 | TRSTN STAR |
| 128.525 | HYPER STAR (091-240), PRTZL STAR (091-240), WAYNZ STAR (091-240) |
| 135.075 | APT REMARK 100 WITH GCO FREQ |
| 290.375 | APCH/P DEP/P |
| 306.925 | APCH/S DEP/S (WHEN NYG TWR CLSD), HYPER STAR (091-330), PRTZL STAR (091-330), TIKEE STAR, WAYNZ STAR (091-330) |
| 307.2 | TRSTN STAR |
Every KEZF frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 128.125 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| App/Dep | 127.05 |
| App/Dep | 128.525 · WHEN NYG TWR CLSD · HYPER · PRTZL · WAYNZ arrivals |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KEZF?
Shannon 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 KEZF?
ASOS/AWOS at Shannon Airport is 128.125. 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 KEZF?
App/Dep for Shannon Airport is 127.05, working as "Quantico". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KEZF
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.