Gordonsville Municipal Airport frequencies

Gordonsville Municipal Airport (GVE · KGVE) in Gordonsville, VA 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 120.225
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 123.0
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 Potomac

App/Dep 132.85
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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KGVE, 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 Gordonsville Municipal Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
323.125APCH/P DEP/P
Every KGVE frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.225
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
App/Dep132.85

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KGVE?

Gordonsville 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 KGVE?

ASOS/AWOS at Gordonsville Municipal Airport is 120.225. 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 KGVE?

App/Dep for Gordonsville Municipal Airport is 132.85, working as "Potomac". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.