Mountain Home Air Force Base frequencies

Mountain Home Air Force Base (MUO · KMUO) in Mountain Home, ID is a towered field, staffed 1400 - 0700Z++ MON - THU; 1400 - 0100Z++ FRI; 1500 - 2300Z++ SAT - SUN; CLSD HOL.. 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 KMUO tower is closed

The tower is staffed 1400 - 0700Z++ MON - THU; 1400 - 0100Z++ FRI; 1500 - 2300Z++ SAT - SUN; CLSD HOL.. Outside those hours Mountain Home Air Force Base has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 133.85, 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 KMUO airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Mountain Home

Clearance 127.1
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 Mountain Home

Ground 120.5
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 133.85
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.

Arrival Mountain Home

Approach 124.8, 134.1 (secondary)
Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.

Also

Emergency 121.5
121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.
By procedure & sector (11 more)
139.3PTD
243.0EMERG
253.5LCL/P
259.1APCH/P
273.5ATIS
275.8GND/P
290.425CD/P
311.0COMD POST
324.1PMSV METRO
341.8PTD
369.2DEP/P
Every KMUO frequency, as one table
Clearance127.1
Ground120.5
Tower133.85
Emergency121.5
Approach124.8
Approach134.1 · secondary

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KMUO?

Mountain Home Air Force Base tower is 133.85, calling "Mountain Home Tower". The tower is staffed 1400 - 0700Z++ MON - THU; 1400 - 0100Z++ FRI; 1500 - 2300Z++ SAT - SUN; CLSD HOL..

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

Outside 1400 - 0700Z++ MON - THU; 1400 - 0100Z++ FRI; 1500 - 2300Z++ SAT - SUN; CLSD HOL., Mountain Home Air Force Base has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 133.85 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 KMUO?

Ground control at Mountain Home Air Force Base is 120.5. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the approach frequency for KMUO?

Approach for Mountain Home Air Force Base is 124.8, working as "Mountain Home". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KMUO?

Clearance delivery at Mountain Home Air Force Base is 127.1. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.