Somerset Airport frequencies
Somerset Airport (SMQ · KSMQ) in Somerville, NJ has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Somerset Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 120.6
- 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 123.0
- 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 123.0
- 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 Newark
- App/Dep 132.8 (JAIKE arrivals)
- 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 123.0
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSMQ, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Somerset Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 08, Somerset.
- Entering the pattern
Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 08, Somerset.
- Before taking the runway
Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 08, Somerset.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KSMQ traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KSMQ publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (3 more)
| 127.6 | WILKES-BARRE STAR |
|---|---|
| 132.8 | JAIKE STAR |
| 379.9 | APCH/P DEP/P, JAIKE STAR, MAZIE STAR, WILKES-BARRE STAR |
Every KSMQ frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.6 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.0 |
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
| App/Dep | 132.8 · JAIKE arrivals |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KSMQ?
Somerset Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KSMQ?
ASOS/AWOS at Somerset Airport is 120.6. 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 KSMQ?
App/Dep for Somerset Airport is 132.8, working as "Newark" (JAIKE arrivals). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KSMQ
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.