Greater Kankakee Airport frequencies
Greater Kankakee Airport (IKK · KIKK) in Kankakee, IL 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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- ASOS/AWOS 128.475
- 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.
Also
- Flight service 132.5 (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 123.0
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KIKK, 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 Greater Kankakee Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Greater Kankakee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 04, Greater Kankakee.
- Entering the pattern
Greater Kankakee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 04, Greater Kankakee.
- Before taking the runway
Greater Kankakee traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 04, Greater Kankakee.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KIKK traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KIKK publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 111.6/53X | IKK DME |
|---|---|
| 284.7 | KANKAKEE RCAG (LOW) |
Every KIKK frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 128.475 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.0 |
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
| Flight service | 132.5 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KIKK?
Greater Kankakee 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 KIKK?
ASOS/AWOS at Greater Kankakee Airport is 128.475. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about KIKK
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.