General Dewitt Spain frequencies

General Dewitt Spain (M01) in Memphis, TN has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.7. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.35
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 122.7
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 122.7
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 Memphis

Departure 124.65
Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.

Arrival Memphis

Approach 119.1
Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.

What to say on 122.7

Nobody is sequencing traffic at M01, 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 — 122.7 is not unique to General Dewitt Spain.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out General Dewitt Spain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 17, General Dewitt Spain.
  • Entering the pattern General Dewitt Spain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 17, General Dewitt Spain.
  • Before taking the runway General Dewitt Spain traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 17, General Dewitt Spain.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the M01 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if M01 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
284.7DEP/P
291.6APCH/P
Every M01 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.35
CTAF122.7
UNICOM122.7
Approach119.1
Departure124.65

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at M01?

General Dewitt Spain is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.7 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at M01?

ASOS/AWOS at General Dewitt Spain is 118.35. 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 M01?

Approach for General Dewitt Spain is 119.1, working as "Memphis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.