Manhattan Regional Airport frequencies

Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK · KMHK) in Manhattan, KS is a towered field, staffed 0600-2200. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

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When the KMHK tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0600-2200. Outside those hours Manhattan Regional Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 118.55, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KMHK airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Manhattan

ASOS/AWOS 119.075
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 Manhattan

Ground 121.85
Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 118.55
Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival Marshall Aaf Gca

App/Dep 121.25
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

CTAF 118.55
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.
Flight service 122.6, 127.35 (LOW)
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.
By procedure & sector (2 more)
257.975MANHATTAN RCAG (LOW)
269.05APCH/P DEP/P
Every KMHK frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.075
Ground121.85
Tower118.55
CTAF118.55
Flight service122.6, 127.35 (LOW)
App/Dep121.25

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KMHK?

Manhattan Regional Airport tower is 118.55, calling "Manhattan Tower". The tower is staffed 0600-2200.

What frequency do I use at KMHK when the tower is closed?

Outside 0600-2200, Manhattan Regional Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 118.55 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.

What is the ground frequency at KMHK?

Ground control at Manhattan Regional Airport is 121.85. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMHK?

ASOS/AWOS at Manhattan Regional Airport is 119.075. 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 KMHK?

App/Dep for Manhattan Regional Airport is 121.25, working as "Marshall Aaf Gca". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.