Accomack County Airport frequencies

Accomack County Airport (MFV · KMFV) in Melfa, VA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Accomack County Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.175
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 122.8
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 122.8
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 Patuxent

App/Dep 127.2 (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary), 127.95
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMFV, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Accomack County Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Accomack traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 03, Accomack.
  • Entering the pattern Accomack traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 03, Accomack.
  • Before taking the runway Accomack traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 03, Accomack.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
281.475APCH/S DEP/S (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD)
314.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every KMFV frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.175
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep127.2 · WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary
App/Dep127.95

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KMFV?

Accomack County Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMFV?

ASOS/AWOS at Accomack County Airport is 118.175. 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 KMFV?

App/Dep for Accomack County Airport is 127.2, working as "Patuxent" (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.