Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base frequencies

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS · KSPS) in Wichita Falls, TX is a towered field, staffed OPR 1200-0200Z++ MON-FRI; 1800-2300Z++ SUN; CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT USE CTAF.. 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 Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KSPS tower is closed

The tower is staffed OPR 1200-0200Z++ MON-FRI; 1800-2300Z++ SUN; CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT USE CTAF.. Outside those hours Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 119.75, 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 KSPS airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Sheppard

ATIS 132.05: A recorded loop of the field's weather, active runway and any notices, updated hourly or whenever conditions change. Listen before your first call, and tell the controller which letter you have so they do not read it to you again.
Clearance 121.2: 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 Sheppard

Ground 125.5: 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 119.75: 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 Sheppard

App/Dep 118.2: One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Departure Sheppard

Departure 120.4: Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.

Also

CTAF 119.75: 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.
Flight service 122.3, 133.5 (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.
Emergency 121.5: 121.5 is the international emergency and distress frequency, monitored continuously. Declare on it if you are in trouble, and monitor it as a second radio when you have one free.

By procedure & sector (10 more)

243.0	EMERG
269.025	APCH/P DEP/P
269.9	ATIS
279.525	LCL/P
282.225	CD/P
289.4	GND/P
316.075	DEP/P
339.65	PMSV METRO
350.35	WICHITA FALLS RCAG (LOW)
372.2	PTD

Every KSPS frequency, as one table

ATIS	132.05
Clearance	121.2
Ground	125.5
Tower	119.75
CTAF	119.75
UNICOM	122.95
Flight service	122.3, 133.5 (LOW)
Emergency	121.5
App/Dep	118.2
Departure	120.4

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KSPS?

Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base tower is 119.75, calling "Sheppard Tower". The tower is staffed OPR 1200-0200Z++ MON-FRI; 1800-2300Z++ SUN; CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT USE CTAF..

What frequency do I use at KSPS when the tower is closed?

Outside OPR 1200-0200Z++ MON-FRI; 1800-2300Z++ SUN; CLSD SAT AND HOL, OT USE CTAF., Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 119.75 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 KSPS?

Ground control at Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 125.5. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ATIS frequency at KSPS?

ATIS at Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 132.05. Listen before your first call and report the letter you have.

What is the approach frequency for KSPS?

App/Dep for Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 118.2, working as "Sheppard". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KSPS?

Clearance delivery at Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is 121.2. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.

More about KSPS

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.