Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport frequencies
Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport (IOB · KIOB) in Mount Sterling, KY has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 120.675
- 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 122.8
- 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 Lexington
- App/Dep 120.15
- 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 122.8
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KIOB, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Mount Sterling Montgomery traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 03, Mount Sterling Montgomery.
- Entering the pattern
Mount Sterling Montgomery traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 03, Mount Sterling Montgomery.
- Before taking the runway
Mount Sterling Montgomery traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 03, Mount Sterling Montgomery.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KIOB traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KIOB publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 121.72 | APT REMARK 3 WITH GCO FREQ |
|---|---|
| 259.3 | APCH/P DEP/P |
Every KIOB frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.675 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| App/Dep | 120.15 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KIOB?
Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KIOB?
ASOS/AWOS at Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport is 120.675. 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 KIOB?
App/Dep for Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport is 120.15, working as "Lexington". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KIOB
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.