Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County
FCI · KFCI · Richmond, Virginia · Chesterfield County · map
Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County is a public-use airport owned by Chesterfield CO, 4 miles southwest of Richmond, Virginia, 236 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFCI · observed 12:56 pm EDT (16:56 UTC), 264 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.22 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 KFCI 061656Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP243 T01830050 TSNO $
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 FCI · ICAO KFCI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Chesterfield CO
- Elevation
- 236 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1973
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 62 ft high 1,997 ft from the end
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 72 ft high 2,201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.6 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 118.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.75 | |
| Fci and aWOS-3PT | 128.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 804-271-8426.
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 Richmond from the FAA register
139 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Virginia: 81 piston singles, 20 business jets, 15 helicopters, 12 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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 · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
- Provided a traffic pattern is established by the chief of the the control tower.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index a.
- Aircraft on ILS approach to Richmond international crossing over airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 33 and runway end identifier lights runway 15 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude single engine aircraft (1000 feet above ground level) multi engine aircraft (1500 feet above ground level).
- Board of supervisors.
- 400 feet tower 5 NM north airport.
- Noise sensitive area north of airport. No wind voluntary use of runway 15 preferred.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Helicopter parking adjacent to taxiway C.
- MED-FLIGHT: irregular departure pattern.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) eqpt and trained personnel available at airport.
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.