Rio Vista Municipal Airport frequencies

Rio Vista Municipal Airport (O88) in Rio Vista, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.725. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 127.075
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 122.725
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 122.725
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 Travis

App/Dep 119.9
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 122.725

Nobody is sequencing traffic at O88, 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 — 122.725 is not unique to Rio Vista Municipal Airport.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the O88 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if O88 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
257.9APCH/P DEP/P
322.325APCH/P DEP/P
Every O88 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS127.075
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725
App/Dep119.9

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at O88?

Rio Vista Municipal Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.725 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at O88?

ASOS/AWOS at Rio Vista Municipal Airport is 127.075. 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 O88?

App/Dep for Rio Vista Municipal Airport is 119.9, working as "Travis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.