Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport frequencies

Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport (JXI · KJXI) in Gilmer, TX 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 Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.250
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 Longview

App/Dep 124.275
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

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 122.9

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KJXI, 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 Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Fox Stephens Gilmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Fox Stephens Gilmer.
  • Entering the pattern Fox Stephens Gilmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Fox Stephens Gilmer.
  • Before taking the runway Fox Stephens Gilmer traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Fox Stephens Gilmer.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
257.975APCH/P DEP/P
317.75CUMBY RCAG (LOW)
Every KJXI frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.250
CTAF122.9
Flight service132.025 (LOW)
App/Dep124.275

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KJXI?

Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal 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 KJXI?

ASOS/AWOS at Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport is 120.250. 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 KJXI?

App/Dep for Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal Airport is 124.275, working as "Longview". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.