Hummel Field frequencies

Hummel Field (W75) in Saluda, VA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 118.45
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 123.0
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 123.0
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 Norfolk

App/Dep 134.875
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 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at W75, 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 — 123.0 is not unique to Hummel Field.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Hummel traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 01, Hummel.
  • Entering the pattern Hummel traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 01, Hummel.
  • Before taking the runway Hummel traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 01, Hummel.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the W75 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if W75 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
370.925APCH/P DEP/P
Every W75 frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS118.45
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
App/Dep134.875

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at W75?

Hummel Field is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at W75?

ASOS/AWOS at Hummel Field is 118.45. 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 W75?

App/Dep for Hummel Field is 134.875, working as "Norfolk". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.