Muscatine Municipal Airport frequencies
Muscatine Municipal Airport (MUT · KMUT) in Muscatine, IA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Muscatine Municipal Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 120.625
- 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 119.125
- 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
- CTAF 122.7
- 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 122.7
- 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.
Departure & arrival Quad City
- App/Dep 133.275
- 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 118.75 (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 122.7
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KMUT, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to Muscatine Municipal Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Muscatine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Muscatine.
- Entering the pattern
Muscatine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Muscatine.
- Before taking the runway
Muscatine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Muscatine.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KMUT traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KMUT publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 257.8 | APCH/P DEP/P |
|---|---|
| 377.05 | MOLINE RCAG (LOW) |
Every KMUT frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.625 |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 119.125 |
| CTAF | 122.7 |
| UNICOM | 122.7 |
| Flight service | 118.75 (LOW) |
| App/Dep | 133.275 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KMUT?
Muscatine Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMUT?
ASOS/AWOS at Muscatine Municipal Airport is 120.625. 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 KMUT?
App/Dep for Muscatine Municipal Airport is 133.275, working as "Quad City". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at KMUT?
Clearance delivery at Muscatine Municipal Airport is 119.125. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about KMUT
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.