Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark frequencies

Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (VTI · KVTI) in Vinton, IA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 120.075
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 122.8
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 122.8
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 Cedar Rapids

App/Dep 134.05
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KVTI, 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 — 122.8 is not unique to Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Vinton Veterans traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09, Vinton Veterans.
  • Entering the pattern Vinton Veterans traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09, Vinton Veterans.
  • Before taking the runway Vinton Veterans traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09, Vinton Veterans.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KVTI traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KVTI 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 KVTI frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS120.075
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
Flight service132.8 (LOW)
App/Dep134.05

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KVTI?

Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KVTI?

ASOS/AWOS at Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark is 120.075. 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 KVTI?

App/Dep for Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark is 134.05, working as "Cedar Rapids". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.