Mid-Carolina Regional Airport frequencies

Mid-Carolina Regional Airport (RUQ · KRUQ · SRW) in Salisbury, NC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.725. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

All of Mid-Carolina Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.175
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 127.35
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 122.725
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 122.725
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 Charlotte

App/Dep 128.325 (NASCR arrivals; BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures)
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 122.725

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KRUQ, 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 — 122.725 is not unique to Mid-Carolina Regional Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Mid-Carolina traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 02, Mid-Carolina.
  • Entering the pattern Mid-Carolina traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 02, Mid-Carolina.
  • Before taking the runway Mid-Carolina traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 02, Mid-Carolina.

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

By procedure & sector (6 more)
126.15KABEE STAR
128.325BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KERMIT DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KRITR DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP, NASCR STAR, WEAZL DP
135.6JOOLS STAR
282.325KABEE STAR
307.8APCH/P DEP/P, BARMY DP, BATTA DP, BEAVY DP, BOBZY DP, CHARLOTTE DP, DURST DP, ESTRR DP, ICONS DP, IRVVV DP, JOJJO DP, KILNS DP, KNIGHTS DP, KRITR DP, KWEEN DP, LILLS DP, WEAZL DP
377.15JOOLS STAR
Every KRUQ frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.175
Clearance127.35
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725
App/Dep128.325 · NASCR arrivals; BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KRUQ?

Mid-Carolina Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.725 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KRUQ?

ASOS/AWOS at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport is 118.175. 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 KRUQ?

App/Dep for Mid-Carolina Regional Airport is 128.325, working as "Charlotte" (NASCR arrivals; BARMY · BATTA · BEAVY +14 more departures). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KRUQ?

Clearance delivery at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport is 127.35. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.