Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport frequencies

Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (WBW · KWBW) in Wilkes-Barre, PA 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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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 Wilkes-Barre

App/Dep 126.3
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 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KWBW, 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 Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 07, Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley.
  • Entering the pattern Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 07, Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley.
  • Before taking the runway Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 07, Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley.

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

By procedure & sector (1 more)
256.7APCH/P DEP/P
Every KWBW frequency, as one table
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep126.3

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KWBW?

Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport 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 approach frequency for KWBW?

App/Dep for Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport is 126.3, working as "Wilkes-Barre". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.