Houma Terrebonne Airport frequencies

Houma Terrebonne Airport (HUM · KHUM) in Houma, LA is a towered field, staffed 0600-1900. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of Houma Terrebonne Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KHUM tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0600-1900. Outside those hours Houma Terrebonne Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 125.3, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KHUM airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Houma

ATIS 120.25
A recorded loop of the field's weather, active runway and any notices, updated hourly or whenever conditions change. Listen before your first call, and tell the controller which letter you have so they do not read it to you again.
ASOS/AWOS 120.25
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 118.9 (WHEN TWR CLSD)
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 Houma

Ground 123.875
Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 125.3
Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival New Orleans

App/Dep 118.9
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

CTAF 125.3
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 122.95
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.
Emergency 121.5
121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.
By procedure & sector (2 more)
346.3LCL/P
350.35APCH/P DEP/P
Every KHUM frequency, as one table
ATIS120.25
ASOS/AWOS120.25
Clearance118.9 (WHEN TWR CLSD)
Ground123.875
Tower125.3
CTAF125.3
UNICOM122.95
Emergency121.5
App/Dep118.9

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KHUM?

Houma Terrebonne Airport tower is 125.3, calling "Houma Tower". The tower is staffed 0600-1900.

What frequency do I use at KHUM when the tower is closed?

Outside 0600-1900, Houma Terrebonne Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 125.3 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.

What is the ground frequency at KHUM?

Ground control at Houma Terrebonne Airport is 123.875. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ATIS frequency at KHUM?

ATIS at Houma Terrebonne Airport is 120.25. Listen before your first call and report the letter you have.

What is the approach frequency for KHUM?

App/Dep for Houma Terrebonne Airport is 118.9, working as "New Orleans". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KHUM?

Clearance delivery at Houma Terrebonne Airport is 118.9 (WHEN TWR CLSD). Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.