Plain English Meaning

A specific range of radio frequencies that aircraft use for talking to controllers and for many navigation signals. It is the everyday radio band pilots tune on the comm radio.

Full Definition

The radio frequency band from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz). In aviation, VHF is the primary band used for civil air-to-ground voice communications (118.000–136.975 MHz) and for navigation aids such as VOR and ILS localizers.

Context Anchor

Pilots encounter VHF when selecting aircraft radio frequencies for , calls, and certain .