Mesa Del Rey Airport frequencies

Mesa Del Rey Airport (KIC · KKIC) in King City, CA 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

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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.

Also

Flight service 128.7 (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 KKIC, 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 Mesa Del Rey Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Mesa Del Rey traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 11, Mesa Del Rey.
  • Entering the pattern Mesa Del Rey traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 11, Mesa Del Rey.
  • Before taking the runway Mesa Del Rey traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 11, Mesa Del Rey.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
307.0PRIEST RCAG (LOW)
Every KKIC frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service128.7 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KKIC?

Mesa Del Rey 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.