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Culpeper Regional

CJR · KCJR · Culpeper, Virginia · Culpeper County · map

Culpeper Regional is a public-use airport owned by the County of Culpeper, 7 miles northeast of Culpeper, Virginia, 316 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 152 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 76,755 takeoffs and landings a year. About 13 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.

Weather right now KCJR · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind calm
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 54°F (12°C), dew point 44°F (6°C)
  • Altimeter 30.11 inHg

No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.

The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)

METAR KCJR 062315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3011 RMK AO2 T01210065

From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.

The airport

Codes
FAA CJR · ICAO KCJR
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
County of Culpeper
Elevation
316 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
tiedown
Notes
landing fee
On the chart
Washington sectional
Magnetic variation
10W
In the FAA's files since
January 1969

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0422N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
04/225,000 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 04: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 33 ft high 915 ft from the end
  • Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,363 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM123.075
Apt Remark 100 With Gco Freq · Clearance delivery121.6
Approach and departure · Hyper and star · Prtzl and star arriving from headings 091 to 240128.525
Cjr and aWOS-3PT119.325
Tikee and star120.45
Trstn and star126.75

Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 540-727-0523.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

single-engine142multi-engine7helicopters3
13passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024

Takeoffs and landings a year about 76,755, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

air taxi and commuter817general aviation, travelling29,394general aviation, local42,459military4,085

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.

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.

Aircraft registered in Culpeper from the FAA register

40 aircraft are registered to owners in Culpeper, Virginia: 34 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 4 fatal

2025-02-15ERA25LA133 · Diamond Aircraft Ind INC Da20-C1 N373AM · accident · no injuries
2024-08-15ERA24LA357 · Cessna 172 N8400X · accident · no injuries
2024-05-17ERA24FA219 · M-Squared Aircraft INC Breese 2 N99VY · accident · 1 killed
2023-07-15ERA23LA368 · Piper Pa-28-181 N1809H · accident · no injuries
2022-05-05ERA22LA222 · Charles R Kyle Zenith Stol Ch 701 N701VX · accident · no injuries
2020-12-22ERA21LA092 · Cessna 172S N505LP · accident · no injuries
2020-07-10ERA20CA248 · Piper Pa22 N8103C · accident · no injuries
2019-06-14GAA19CA351 · Vans Vans Acft Rv 6 N696SH · accident · no injuries
2019-06-03GAA19CA311 · Cessna 172 N1930V · accident · no injuries
2018-11-04GAA19CA047 · Poberezny Acro Sport II N44JS · accident · no injuries
2018-10-12ERA19FA010 · Vans Rv8 N804RL · accident · 1 killed
2018-09-01GAA18CA550 · Boeing B75N1 N27WE · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
  • Hours change MID-OCT, check NOTAMs for details.
  • MED-FLIGHT: ireg departure pattern.
  • This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.

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 5, 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.