Wayne Executive Jetport frequencies

Wayne Executive Jetport (GWW · KGWW) in Pikeville, NC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.975
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 122.975
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 122.975
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 Seymour Johnson

App/Dep 121.175
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 123.85 (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 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KGWW, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Wayne Executive Jetport.

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

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
279.65NEW BERN RCAG (LOW)
290.9APCH/P DEP/P
Every KGWW frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.975
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
Flight service123.85 (LOW)
App/Dep121.175

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KGWW?

Wayne Executive Jetport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KGWW?

ASOS/AWOS at Wayne Executive Jetport is 118.975. 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 KGWW?

App/Dep for Wayne Executive Jetport is 121.175, working as "Seymour Johnson". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.