Philadelphia Municipal Airport frequencies

Philadelphia Municipal Airport (MPE · KMPE) in Philadelphia, MS has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.725
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 123.0
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 123.0
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.

Also

Flight service 132.75 (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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMPE, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Philadelphia Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Philadelphia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Philadelphia.
  • Entering the pattern Philadelphia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Philadelphia.
  • Before taking the runway Philadelphia traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Philadelphia.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
263.0LOUISVILLE RCAG (LOW)
Every KMPE frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.725
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
Flight service132.75 (LOW)

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KMPE?

Philadelphia Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMPE?

ASOS/AWOS at Philadelphia Municipal Airport is 118.725. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.