Orange County Airport frequencies

Orange County Airport (MGJ · KMGJ) in Montgomery, NY 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

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.275
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 123.85
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 122.725
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 New York

App/Dep 132.75
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 KMGJ, 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 Orange County Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Orange traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 04, Orange.
  • Entering the pattern Orange traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 04, Orange.
  • Before taking the runway Orange traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 04, Orange.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
363.1APCH/P DEP/P
Every KMGJ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.275
Clearance123.85
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725
App/Dep132.75

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KMGJ?

Orange County Airport 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 KMGJ?

ASOS/AWOS at Orange County Airport is 119.275. 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 KMGJ?

App/Dep for Orange County Airport is 132.75, working as "New York". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KMGJ?

Clearance delivery at Orange County Airport is 123.85. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.