Silver Springs Airport frequencies
Silver Springs Airport (SPZ · KSPZ) in Silver Springs, NV has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.9. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Silver Springs Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 120.475
- 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 122.9
- 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.
Departure & arrival Navy Fallon
- App/Dep 120.85
- 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
- Flight service 128.8 (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.
What to say on 122.9
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSPZ, 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 — 122.9 is not unique to Silver Springs Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Silver Springs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 06, Silver Springs.
- Entering the pattern
Silver Springs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 06, Silver Springs.
- Before taking the runway
Silver Springs traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 06, Silver Springs.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KSPZ traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KSPZ publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 285.5 | FALLON RCAG (LOW) |
|---|---|
| 360.2 | APCH/P DEP/P |
Every KSPZ frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 120.475 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.9 |
| Flight service | 128.8 (LOW) |
| App/Dep | 120.85 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KSPZ?
Silver Springs Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.9 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KSPZ?
ASOS/AWOS at Silver Springs Airport is 120.475. 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 KSPZ?
App/Dep for Silver Springs Airport is 120.85, working as "Navy Fallon". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KSPZ
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.