Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport frequencies

Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (UMP · KUMP) in Indianapolis, IN 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

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 119.375
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.
Clearance 121.625
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

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 Indianapolis

App/Dep 127.15
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 KUMP, 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 Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Indianapolis traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 15, Indianapolis.
  • Entering the pattern Indianapolis traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 15, Indianapolis.
  • Before taking the runway Indianapolis traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 15, Indianapolis.

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

By procedure & sector (2 more)
128.175CLANG RNAV STAR, RACYR STAR
317.8APCH/P DEP/P, CLANG RNAV STAR, RACYR STAR
Every KUMP frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS119.375
Clearance121.625
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
App/Dep127.15

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KUMP?

Indianapolis Metropolitan 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 KUMP?

ASOS/AWOS at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport is 119.375. 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 KUMP?

App/Dep for Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport is 127.15, working as "Indianapolis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KUMP?

Clearance delivery at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport is 121.625. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.