Genesee County Airport frequencies

Genesee County Airport (GVQ · KGVQ) in Batavia, NY has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Genesee County Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 127.525
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 121.8
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 122.7
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 122.7
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 Rochester

App/Dep 123.7
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 122.7

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KGVQ, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to Genesee County Airport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
322.3APCH/P DEP/P
Every KGVQ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS127.525
Clearance121.8
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
App/Dep123.7

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KGVQ?

Genesee County Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KGVQ?

ASOS/AWOS at Genesee County Airport is 127.525. 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 KGVQ?

App/Dep for Genesee County Airport is 123.7, working as "Rochester". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KGVQ?

Clearance delivery at Genesee County Airport is 121.8. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.