Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field frequencies

Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field (RPJ · KRPJ) in Rochelle, IL has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.975. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 125.2
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 122.975
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 122.975
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 Rockford

App/Dep 126.0
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.975

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KRPJ, 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 — 122.975 is not unique to Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Rochelle - Koritz traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Rochelle - Koritz.
  • Entering the pattern Rochelle - Koritz traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Rochelle - Koritz.
  • Before taking the runway Rochelle - Koritz traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Rochelle - Koritz.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
327.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every KRPJ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS125.2
CTAF122.975
UNICOM122.975
App/Dep126.0

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KRPJ?

Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.975 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KRPJ?

ASOS/AWOS at Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field is 125.2. 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 KRPJ?

App/Dep for Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field is 126.0, working as "Rockford". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.