Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport frequencies

Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport (IXA · KIXA) in Halifax, NC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.075. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.975
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 123.075
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 123.075
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 132.025 (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 123.075

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KIXA, 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 — 123.075 is not unique to Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Halifax-Northampton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 02, Halifax-Northampton.
  • Entering the pattern Halifax-Northampton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 02, Halifax-Northampton.
  • Before taking the runway Halifax-Northampton traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 02, Halifax-Northampton.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
290.425LAWRENCEVILLE RCAG (LOW)
Every KIXA frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.975
CTAF123.075
UNICOM123.075
Flight service132.025 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KIXA?

Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.075 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KIXA?

ASOS/AWOS at Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport is 119.975. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.