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Covey Trails Airport frequencies

Covey Trails Airport (X09) in Fulshear, TX 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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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.

What to say on 122.725

Nobody is sequencing traffic at X09, 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 Covey Trails Airport.

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

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the X09 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if X09 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every X09 frequency, as one table
CTAF122.725
UNICOM122.725

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at X09?

Covey Trails 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.

More about X09

Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.