Miami frequencies

Miami (X44) in Miami, FL has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.025. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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CTAF 123.025
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.

What to say on 123.025

Nobody is sequencing traffic at X44, 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 — 123.025 is not unique to Miami.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Miami traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 12W, Miami.
  • Entering the pattern Miami traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 12W, Miami.
  • Before taking the runway Miami traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 12W, Miami.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the X44 traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if X44 publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

Every X44 frequency, as one table
CTAF123.025
UNICOM122.8

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at X44?

Miami is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.025 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.