KCHO Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
Charlottesville, VA · 7 miles N of CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KCHO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 640.1 ft
- Coordinates
- 38-08-22.7140N 078-27-08.4390W
- Lat / Long
- 38.1396428, -78.4523442
- Mag. variation
- 08W (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- ARTCC
- WASHINGTON CENTER
- FSS
- LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- CHO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD HIRL RWY 03/21, & TWY LIGHTS PRESET LOW INTST. TO ACTVT & INCREASE INTST MALSR RWY 03; REIL RWY 21; HIRL RWY 03/21 & TWY LIGHTS - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KCHO
Runways
Longest 6,801 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6801 x 150 ft. / 2073 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 89.0
Runway 3
- Heading
- 030 magnetic, 022 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:6801 TODA:6801 ASDA:6801 LDA:6801
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 640.1 ft.
Runway 21
- Heading
- 210 magnetic, 202 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6801 TODA:6801 ASDA:6801 LDA:6801
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 618.3 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 124.5
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 118.425
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 434-975-0110
- Charlottesville Ground
- 121.9 338.275 [0600-2300]
- Charlottesville Tower
- 124.5 338.275 [0600-2300]
- Potomac Approach
- 132.85 120.525
- Potomac Departure
- 132.85 120.525
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.