Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport frequencies
Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport (SUT · KSUT) in Southport, NC has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.05. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 124.175
- 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.
Taxi & takeoff
- CTAF 123.05
- 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 123.05
- 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 Wilmington
- App/Dep 118.25
- 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 124.025 (HIGH)
- 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 123.05
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KSUT, 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 — 123.05 is not unique to Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 05, Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin.
- Entering the pattern
Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 05, Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin.
- Before taking the runway
Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 05, Cape Fear Jetport Howie Franklin.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KSUT traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KSUT publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (2 more)
| 269.15 | WILMINGTON RCAG (HIGH) |
|---|---|
| 284.65 | APCH/P DEP/P |
Every KSUT frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 124.175 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.05 |
| UNICOM | 123.05 |
| Flight service | 124.025 (HIGH) |
| App/Dep | 118.25 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KSUT?
Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.05 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KSUT?
ASOS/AWOS at Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport is 124.175. 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 KSUT?
App/Dep for Cape Fear Regional Jetport / Howie Franklin Field Airport is 118.25, working as "Wilmington". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KSUT
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.