Gordonsville Municipal
GVE · KGVE · Gordonsville, Virginia · Orange County · map
Gordonsville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Gordonsville, 2 miles northeast of Gordonsville, Virginia, 452 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,300 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KGVE · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 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 KGVE 061935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3013 RMK AO1 T01790041
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 GVE · ICAO KGVE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Gordonsville
- Elevation
- 452 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,300 × 50 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: panels on the right, tree 11 ft high 217 ft from the end
- Runway 23: panels on the right, tree 77 ft high 567 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 132.85 | |
| Gve and aWOS-3 | 120.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-832-2095.
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Aircraft registered in Gordonsville from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Gordonsville, Virginia: 5 piston singles, 5 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Line of trees 120 feet south of runway centerline.
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.