Rickenbacker International Airport frequencies

Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK · KLCK) in Columbus, OH is a towered field, staffed 24 hours. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of Rickenbacker International Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi Rick Tower

ATIS 132.75
A recorded loop of the field's weather, active runway and any notices, updated hourly or whenever conditions change. Listen before your first call, and tell the controller which letter you have so they do not read it to you again.
Clearance 125.275
Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.

Taxi & takeoff Rick Tower

Ground 125.275
Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 120.05
Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival Columbus

App/Dep 134.0 (initial contact)
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

UNICOM 122.95
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.
Emergency 121.5
121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.
By procedure & sector (15 more)
36.7ARNG OPS
123.09ARNG OPS
125.95CBUSS STAR, DUBLN STAR
139.3OPS (ARNG C-26 CALL TORSO OPS)
142.6ARNG OPS
228.8ARNG OPS
238.8COMD POST
243.0EMERG
252.1COMD POST
275.8CD/P, GND/P
279.6APCH/P DEP/P IC
311.0COMD POST
311.3NG OPS
348.4LCL/P
371.975CBUSS STAR, DUBLN STAR
Every KLCK frequency, as one table
ATIS132.75
Clearance125.275
Ground125.275
Tower120.05
UNICOM122.95
Emergency121.5
App/Dep134.0 · initial contact

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KLCK?

Rickenbacker International Airport tower is 120.05, calling "Rick Tower Tower". The tower is staffed 24 hours.

What is the ground frequency at KLCK?

Ground control at Rickenbacker International Airport is 125.275. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ATIS frequency at KLCK?

ATIS at Rickenbacker International Airport is 132.75. Listen before your first call and report the letter you have.

What is the approach frequency for KLCK?

App/Dep for Rickenbacker International Airport is 134.0, working as "Columbus" (initial contact). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KLCK?

Clearance delivery at Rickenbacker International Airport is 125.275. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.