McClellan Airfield frequencies

McClellan Airfield (MCC · KMCC) in Sacramento, CA 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

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 125.975
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.
Clearance 119.825
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

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 Norcal

App/Dep 127.4
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 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMCC, 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 McClellan Airfield.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out McClellan traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 16, McClellan.
  • Entering the pattern McClellan traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 16, McClellan.
  • Before taking the runway McClellan traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 16, McClellan.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
317.5APCH/P DEP/P
Every KMCC frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS125.975
Clearance119.825
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
App/Dep127.4

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KMCC?

McClellan Airfield 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 KMCC?

ASOS/AWOS at McClellan Airfield is 125.975. 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 KMCC?

App/Dep for McClellan Airfield is 127.4, working as "Norcal". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KMCC?

Clearance delivery at McClellan Airfield is 119.825. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.