Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field frequencies

Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field (LKR · KLKR) in Lancaster, SC 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

All of Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.825
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.

Departure & arrival Charlotte

App/Dep 120.05 (BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures)
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.725

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KLKR, 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 Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Lancaster -Mc Whirter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Lancaster -Mc Whirter.
  • Entering the pattern Lancaster -Mc Whirter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Lancaster -Mc Whirter.
  • Before taking the runway Lancaster -Mc Whirter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Lancaster -Mc Whirter.

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

By procedure & sector (7 more)
120.05BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KERMIT DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KRITR DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP, WEAZL DP
121.725APT REMARK 3 WITH GCO FREQ
126.15RASLN STAR
135.6JOOLS STAR
282.325RASLN STAR
307.8APCH/P DEP/P, BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KRITR DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP, WEAZL DP
377.15JOOLS STAR
Every KLKR frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.825
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725
App/Dep120.05 · BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KLKR?

Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field 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 KLKR?

ASOS/AWOS at Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field is 120.825. 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 KLKR?

App/Dep for Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Field is 120.05, working as "Charlotte" (BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.