Smyrna Airport frequencies

Smyrna Airport (MQY · KMQY) in Smyrna, TN is a towered field, staffed 0700-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-1900 SAT-SUN. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of Smyrna Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KMQY tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0700-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-1900 SAT-SUN. Outside those hours Smyrna Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 118.5, 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 KMQY airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Smyrna

ASOS/AWOS 119.125: 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.
Clearance 121.4: 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 Smyrna

Ground 121.4: 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 118.5: 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 Nashville

App/Dep 118.4: 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 118.5: 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 122.95: 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.

By procedure & sector (5 more)

41.5	NG OPS
149.8	NG OPS
233.1	LCL/P
360.7	APCH/P DEP/P
373.9	NG OPS

Every KMQY frequency, as one table

ASOS/AWOS	119.125
Clearance	121.4
Ground	121.4
Tower	118.5
CTAF	118.5
UNICOM	122.95
App/Dep	118.4

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KMQY?

Smyrna Airport tower is 118.5, calling "Smyrna Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-1900 SAT-SUN.

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

Outside 0700-2200 MON-FRI, 0700-1900 SAT-SUN, Smyrna Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 118.5 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 KMQY?

Ground control at Smyrna Airport is 121.4. 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 KMQY?

ASOS/AWOS at Smyrna Airport is 119.125. 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 KMQY?

App/Dep for Smyrna Airport is 118.4, working as "Nashville". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KMQY?

Clearance delivery at Smyrna Airport is 121.4. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.

More about KMQY

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.