Vance Brand Airport frequencies
Vance Brand Airport (LMO · KLMO) in Longmont, CO has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Vance Brand Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 120.0
- 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 122.975
- 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 122.975
- 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 Denver
- App/Dep 125.125
- 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 126.5 (LOW/HIGH), 128.325 (HIGH)
- 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 122.975
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KLMO, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Vance Brand Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Vance Brand traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 11, Vance Brand.
- Entering the pattern
Vance Brand traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 11, Vance Brand.
- Before taking the runway
Vance Brand traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 11, Vance Brand.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KLMO traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KLMO publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (5 more)
| 127.05 | BRNKO RNAV STAR, PINNR RNAV STAR |
|---|---|
| 263.025 | APCH/P DEP/P |
| 363.25 | BRNKO RNAV STAR, PINNR RNAV STAR |
| 371.85 | DENVER/A/ RCAG (LOW/HIGH) |
| 377.075 | HAYDEN RCAG (HIGH) |
Every KLMO frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.0 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.975 |
| UNICOM | 122.975 |
| Flight service | 126.5 (LOW/HIGH), 128.325 (HIGH) |
| App/Dep | 125.125 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KLMO?
Vance Brand Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KLMO?
ASOS/AWOS at Vance Brand Airport is 120.0. 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 KLMO?
App/Dep for Vance Brand Airport is 125.125, working as "Denver". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KLMO
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.