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Cleveland National Air Show
ICAO: KBKL
FAA: BKL
City: Cleveland
County: Cuyahoga
State: Ohio
TRACON: ?
ARTCC: Cleveland

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Welcome to the Cleveland National Air Show aviation article, the air show located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
This is where you, the user, may index any articles, frequencies-lists, etc. that you develop for scanning related topics for this air show.


Introduction

The Cleveland National Air Show is hosted at the Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL).

  • See the March 2017 issue of the Spectrum Monitor magazine
  • Also be sure to check frequencies for the Cleveland ARTCC to track incoming/outgoing flights
  • FRS radios were also noted in use

2018 Frequencies

Event Air Comms

Frequency Description
123.150 Discrete PA channel usually a Unicom frequency
135.875 Air Boss alternate/secondary
135.425 Air Boss Primary
237.800 Blue Angels
284.250 Blue Angels
305.900 Blue Angels
275.350 Blue Angels
118.350 Twin Tigers Aerobatic Team








2012 Frequencies

Event Air Comms

Frequency Description
122.9000 Discrete PA channel usually a Unicom frequency
126.0000 Air Boss alternate/secondary
126.4000 Air Boss 1 (Old Freq, still used by some aircraft transitioning airspace during show)
127.9500 Air Boss 2 (New Freq, Primary)
132.4000 Public Address Relay


Air Traffic Control

Frequency Description
339.8000 Hopkins App/Dep frequencies (for mil aircraft based there)
354.0250 Hopkins App/Dep frequencies (for mil aircraft based there)
359.8000 Hopkins App/Dep frequencies (for mil aircraft based there)
273.4500 Hopkins Tower/Ground
339.8000 Burke Lakefront Tower UHF


Acts

Frequency Description
122.4750 Air Show Comm 2 / Heritage Flight (F-4, A-10, P-51) / John Klatt
123.1500 Air Show Comm 1 / Golden Knights
125.8500 Air Show Comm 3
141.0750 Thunderbirds Diamond Frequency "Victor"
235.2500 Thunderbirds "Solo"
123.0500 Helicopter acts
237.8000 Blue Angels Solos
275.3500 Blue Angels Diamond
284.2500 Blue Angels Delta (Channel 16 / Com2)
284.2500 Blue Angels Bert (Solos Backup Freq)
333.3000 CFA-18 / CC130
346.5000 Blue Angels Ground


Event Ops/Coordination

Frequency Tone Description
139.8125 PL 67.0 Blue Angels Comm Cart Bravo
142.6125 PL 67.0 Blue Angels Comm Cart Alpha
451.6250 DPL 051 Airshow Ground Ops
452.4750 DPL 503 Airshow Ops?
452.7000 DPL 503 Airshow Ops Ch5 (Event/Acts Coordination) [also 457.700 DPL 503]
452.9000 DPL 346 Airshow Ops
452.9500 DPL 205 Parking Coord?
453.0250 DPL 125 Airshow Ops (Parking)
469.0750 DPL 032 Block by Block Security Services portables
469.2875 DPL 606 Waste Coord?

2016 Frequencies

Frequency Description
135.8750 Air Boss
121.9000 Burke Lakefront Ground Control
124.3000 Burke Lakefront Tower
339.8000 Burke Lakefront Tower UHF

Blue Angels

Frequency Description
237.8000 Solo
275.3500 Diamond
284.2500 Show Box/Delta/Start Ups
305.9000 Fat Albert


2017 Air Show

Conventional Frequencies

Frequency Input License Type Tone Out Tone In Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag
118.3500 Air Boss (airspace)
121.9000 Lakefront Ground
123.0250 Cleveland Metro Life Flight discrete
123.1500 Golden Knights discrete
123.4750 Team Oracle discrete
124.3000 Lakefront Tower
128.4750 show discrete
135.8750 Air Boss (field)
139.8000 Thunderbirds Aux 2 AM
141.0750 Thunderbirds Aux 1 AM
157.0500 [CH21A] USCG Station Cleveland Harbor working channel
157.1500 [CH23A] USCG Station Cleveland Harbor working channel
171.3125 $293 [CG131] USCG Station Cleveland Harbor
235.2500 Thunderbirds Pri 1
273.4500 Cleveland Tower
322.9500 Thunderbirds Pri 2
339.8000 Lakefront Tower
346.3250 Cleveland A/D
352.6000 Thunderbirds AR
354.0250 Cleveland A/D
360.6000 Air Boss
451.6250 D051 Air Ops (Ch. 5)
452.7000 D503 Ground Ops (Ch. 6)
452.9000 D346 Marketing (Ch. 3)
452.9250 D265 Ticketing (Ch. 4)
452.9500 D205 Facility (Ch. 2)
453.0250 D125 Emergency (Ch. 1)
453.1375 D703 Trash (Ch. 12)
456.6000 D065 Media (Ch. 10)
457.3500 D343 Guest Services (Ch. 11)
462.5625 71.9 drone demos
464.3375 118.8 Signature Flight Support
464.5500 D245 Seating (Ch. 7)
467.9000 107.2 Vendors (Ch. 8)
469.2875 D606 Parking (Ch. 9)

Trunked System Activity

GCRCN
DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag Notes
56031 D Region 3 Interop
56080 D BKL Airport Operations
56081 D BKL Airfield Maintenance
56082 D BKL ARFF
56151 D CPD Traffic Unit


MARCS-IP
DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag Notes
13587 D Cleveland Metro Life Flight Air Operations
54682 D Cleveland MetroParks Police Event


Aircraft

  • A-10C 78-0655
  • A-10C 79-0114
  • C-17A 90-0535
  • C-31A 85-1607
  • C-130H 79-0479 "Spirit of Crestline"
  • C-130H 90-9107
  • CP-140 140105
  • CT-156 156115
  • DHC-6 N607NA
  • F-16A 75-0745 *recruiting display
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16C (unid)
  • F-16D (unid)
  • F/A-18F 165808
  • F/A-18F 166467
  • MH-65D 6588
  • S-3B N601NA
  • T-6B 166116
  • T-34C N608NA
  • UH-60A 83-23874
  • UH-72A 11-72196
  • N13248 (Boeing 737-824)
  • N1531C (SR22)
  • N15NK (CLTS)
  • N22968 (C-123K) "Thunder Pig"
  • N243JP (CL-600-2B16)
  • N260ST (PA-34-220T)
  • N261MH (BK 117 C-2)
  • N262MH (BK 117 C-2)
  • N263MH (BK 117 C-2)
  • N283BG (PA-28-161)
  • N354CP (Cessna 182)
  • N357FC (ERJ 170-100SU)
  • N540WS (Edge 540)
  • N541KS (Cessna 172S)
  • N5481M (Cessna 152)
  • N593RH (DH.115)
  • N61916 (SNV-1) "California Girl"
  • N7062C (SNJ-4)
  • N709P (S-76C)
  • N717TH (Cessna 172S)
  • N72AL (Beech D55)
  • N720U (PA-28-161)
  • N744CG (B-25N) "Champaign Gal"
  • N751TA (T-51B) "Sugar"
  • N751TX (T-51) "Camel Smoker"
  • N772TA (EA-300L)
  • N77JG (PA-18-150)
  • N8272S (Cessna 150F)
  • N8445X (PA-28-181)
  • N85244 (Aeronca 7AC)
  • N8573X (PA-38-112)
  • N88TW (Cessna 208)
  • N951CP (MD369E)
  • N9685Y (Beech P35)
  • N969MG (Beech D95A)
  • N9964Z (FG-1D)

Thanks to Jared Soergal for this list