Shafter Airport - Minter Field frequencies
Shafter Airport - Minter Field (MIT · KMIT) in Shafter, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Shafter Airport - Minter Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 121.125
- 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 122.9
- 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.
Departure & arrival Bakersfield
- App/Dep 126.45
- 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 127.1 (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.
What to say on 122.9
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMIT, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to Shafter Airport - Minter Field.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Shafter - Minter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12, Shafter - Minter.
- Entering the pattern
Shafter - Minter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12, Shafter - Minter.
- Before taking the runway
Shafter - Minter traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12, Shafter - Minter.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KMIT traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KMIT publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 270.3 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|---|
| 317.7 | BAKERSFIELD RCAG (LOW) |
Every KMIT frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 121.125 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.9 |
| Flight service | 127.1 (LOW) |
| App/Dep | 126.45 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KMIT?
Shafter Airport - Minter Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMIT?
ASOS/AWOS at Shafter Airport - Minter Field is 121.125. 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 KMIT?
App/Dep for Shafter Airport - Minter Field is 126.45, working as "Bakersfield". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KMIT
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.