Wallops Flight Facility Airport frequencies

Wallops Flight Facility Airport (WAL · KWAL) in Wallops Island, VA is a towered field, staffed OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of Wallops Flight Facility Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KWAL tower is closed

The tower is staffed OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM.. Outside those hours Wallops Flight Facility Airport has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 126.5, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KWAL airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Wallops

ASOS/AWOS 119.175: 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.
Clearance 121.7: 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 Wallops

Ground 127.875: Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 126.5: Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival Patuxent

App/Dep 127.2 (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary), 127.95: 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

CTAF 126.5: 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.

By procedure & sector (4 more)

269.325	GND/P
281.475	APCH/S DEP/S (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD)
306.975	LCL/P
314.0	APCH/P DEP/P

Every KWAL frequency, as one table

ASOS/AWOS	119.175
Clearance	121.7
Ground	127.875
Tower	126.5
CTAF	126.5
App/Dep	127.2 · WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary
App/Dep	127.95

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KWAL?

Wallops Flight Facility Airport tower is 126.5, calling "Wallops Tower". The tower is staffed OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM..

What frequency do I use at KWAL when the tower is closed?

Outside OPR 1200-2200Z++ MON-FRI EXC FED HOL AND BY NOTAM., Wallops Flight Facility Airport has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 126.5 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.

What is the ground frequency at KWAL?

Ground control at Wallops Flight Facility Airport is 127.875. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KWAL?

ASOS/AWOS at Wallops Flight Facility Airport is 119.175. 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 KWAL?

App/Dep for Wallops Flight Facility Airport is 127.2, working as "Patuxent" (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KWAL?

Clearance delivery at Wallops Flight Facility Airport is 121.7. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.

More about KWAL

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.