Belle Plaine Municipal Airport frequencies

Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (TZT · KTZT) in Belle Plaine, IA 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

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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 Cedar Rapids

App/Dep 119.7
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 132.8 (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 KTZT, 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 Belle Plaine Municipal Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Belle Plaine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 18, Belle Plaine.
  • Entering the pattern Belle Plaine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 18, Belle Plaine.
  • Before taking the runway Belle Plaine traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 18, Belle Plaine.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KTZT traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KTZT publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
266.8APCH/P DEP/P
328.4CEDAR RAPIDS RCAG (LOW)
Every KTZT frequency, as one table
CTAF122.9
Flight service132.8 (LOW)
App/Dep119.7

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KTZT?

Belle Plaine Municipal 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 approach frequency for KTZT?

App/Dep for Belle Plaine Municipal Airport is 119.7, working as "Cedar Rapids". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.