Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport frequencies
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY · KSBY) in Salisbury, MD is a towered field, staffed 0600-2230. 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 Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherWhen the KSBY tower is closed
The tower is staffed 0600-2230. Outside those hours Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 119.425, 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 KSBY airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.
Before taxi Salisbury
- ASOS/AWOS 118.325
- 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 123.775 (0600-2230), 132.45 (WHEN SBY TWR CLSD)
- 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 Salisbury
- Ground 123.775
- 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 119.425
- 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 Patuxent
- App/Dep 127.2 (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary), 127.95
- 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 119.425
- 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 (2 more)
| 281.475 | APCH/S DEP/S (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD) |
|---|---|
| 314.0 | APCH/P DEP/P |
Every KSBY frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 118.325 |
|---|---|
| Clearance | 123.775 (0600-2230), 132.45 (WHEN SBY TWR CLSD) |
| Ground | 123.775 |
| Tower | 119.425 |
| CTAF | 119.425 |
| UNICOM | 122.95 |
| App/Dep | 127.2 · WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary |
| App/Dep | 127.95 |
Frequently asked
What is the tower frequency at KSBY?
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport tower is 119.425, calling "Salisbury Tower". The tower is staffed 0600-2230.
What frequency do I use at KSBY when the tower is closed?
Outside 0600-2230, Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 119.425 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 KSBY?
Ground control at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport is 123.775. 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 KSBY?
ASOS/AWOS at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport is 118.325. 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 KSBY?
App/Dep for Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport is 127.2, working as "Patuxent" (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
Where do I get my clearance at KSBY?
Clearance delivery at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport is 123.775 (0600-2230), 132.45 (WHEN SBY TWR CLSD). Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.
More about KSBY
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.