Billy Mitchell Airport frequencies
Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE · KHSE · HNC) in Hatteras, NC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Billy Mitchell Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 118.375
- 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 122.9
- 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.
Departure & arrival Cherry Point
- App/Dep 119.75
- 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 122.9
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KHSE, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to Billy Mitchell Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Billy Mitchell traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Billy Mitchell.
- Entering the pattern
Billy Mitchell traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Billy Mitchell.
- Before taking the runway
Billy Mitchell traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Billy Mitchell.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KHSE traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KHSE publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 360.775 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|
Every KHSE frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 118.375 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.9 |
| App/Dep | 119.75 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KHSE?
Billy Mitchell Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KHSE?
ASOS/AWOS at Billy Mitchell Airport is 118.375. 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 KHSE?
App/Dep for Billy Mitchell Airport is 119.75, working as "Cherry Point". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KHSE
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.