Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
CHO · KCHO · Charlottesville, Virginia · Albemarle County · map
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport is a public-use airport, 7 miles north of Charlottesville, Virginia, 640 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,801 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 62 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 13 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 120,261 takeoffs and landings a year. About 336,317 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
Its FAA code is CHO, and its ICAO code is KCHO.
Where is Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
It is 7 miles north of Charlottesville, Virginia, 640 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,801 feet long, asphalt.
Does Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Chicago O'Hare International, Washington Dulles International, Laguardia. Every route
Are there flight schools at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Angel Flyers LLC and Three Chopt Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CHO · ICAO KCHO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 640 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,801 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.5 | Charlottesville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.425 | Charlottesville |
| Ground | 121.9 | Charlottesville |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 120.525 | Charlottesville |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | Charlottesville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Charlottesville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 434-975-0110.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Orange County (20 nm east), Shenandoah Valley Regional (22 nm west), Louisa County/Freeman Field (24 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21, and taxiway lights preset low intst. To activate and increase intst approach lights (MALSR) runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee only for aircraft over 7000 pounds.
- X104.
- +7 feet obstruction lighted eqpt box rack 78 feet from aer, 250 feet L.
- Unusable beyond 6.5 degrees L of rcl.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,202 departures from CHO in those twelve months, carrying 347,990 passengers in 430,201 seats (81% filled), to 86 destinations (3 abroad) on 22 airlines.
All 86 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 48 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 120,261, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5,418 |
| air taxi and commuter | 26,106 |
| general aviation, travelling | 42,206 |
| general aviation, local | 34,581 |
| military | 11,950 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Charlottesville from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlottesville, Virginia: 39 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 4 business jets, 3 helicopters, 2 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Charlottesville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Angel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Charlottesville
- Three Chopt Flying Club 1 aircraft · Charlottesville Three Chopt Flying Club is a non-profit 501(c)(7) social flying club based at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia.
Repair stations in Charlottesville:
- Clear Sky Aviation, LLC Clear Sky Aviation is an FAA Certified Repair Station based in Charlottesville, Virginia, providing aircraft management, maintenance, avionics services, and aircraft consulting/brokerage.
- Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC Signature Aviation operates a network of over 200 private aviation terminals (FBOs) across 27 countries, providing hospitality, ground services, and facilities for business and private aviation customers.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- Bradley Palmer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport · Charlottesville, VA (0 nm) · (814) 591-2823 · [email protected]
- Steven Earl Nixon private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Culpeper Regional Airport · Brandy Station, VA (35 nm) · (540) 729-9859 · [email protected]
- Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Warrenton-Fauquier Airport · Midland, VA (46 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · [email protected]
- Michael Arthur Pearson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Fredericksburg, VA (48 nm) · (540) 903-7003 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Front Royal Warren County Airport · front royal, VA (48 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Charlottesville 61 aircraft · 39 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 4 business jets
- Blue Falcon LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Taylor Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Angel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Three Chopt Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Clear Sky Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,452 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,336 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,165 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,117 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Republic Airline
- Laguardia (LGA) 959 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Republic Airline
- Charlottesville-Albemarle (CHO) 18 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 15 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, PSA Airlines Inc.
- South Bend International (SBN) 7 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, Allegiant Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,974 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CHO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.