Southwest Washington Regional Airport frequencies
Southwest Washington Regional Airport (KLS · KKLS) in Kelso, WA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.725. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
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- ASOS/AWOS 135.075
- 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 122.725
- 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 122.725
- 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 124.2 (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 122.725
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KKLS, 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 — 122.725 is not unique to Southwest Washington Regional Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Southwest Washington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12, Southwest Washington.
- Entering the pattern
Southwest Washington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12, Southwest Washington.
- Before taking the runway
Southwest Washington traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12, Southwest Washington.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KKLS traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KKLS publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (1 more)
| 317.6 | SCAPPOOSE RCAG (LOW) |
|---|
Every KKLS frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 135.075 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.725 |
| UNICOM | 122.725 |
| Flight service | 124.2 (LOW) |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KKLS?
Southwest Washington Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.725 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KKLS?
ASOS/AWOS at Southwest Washington Regional Airport is 135.075. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
More about KKLS
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.