Cleveland National Air Show

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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