Crisfield-Somerset County frequencies

Crisfield-Somerset County (W41) in Crisfield, MD 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 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.

What to say on 122.8

Nobody is sequencing traffic at W41, 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 Crisfield-Somerset County.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Crisfield-Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 14, Crisfield-Somerset.
  • Entering the pattern Crisfield-Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 14, Crisfield-Somerset.
  • Before taking the runway Crisfield-Somerset traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 14, Crisfield-Somerset.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the W41 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if W41 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (2 more)
281.475APCH/S DEP/S (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD)
314.0APCH/P DEP/P
Every W41 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.8
UNICOM122.8
App/Dep127.2 · WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary
App/Dep127.95

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at W41?

Crisfield-Somerset County 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 W41?

App/Dep for Crisfield-Somerset County is 127.2, working as "Patuxent" (WHEN NHK APCH CLSD · secondary). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.