Hanover County Municipal
OFP · KOFP · Richmond/Ashland, Virginia · Hanover County · map
Hanover County Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the County of Hanover, 8 miles north of Richmond/Ashland, Virginia, 207 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,402 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 102 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 36,165 takeoffs and landings a year. About 13 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOFP · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KOFP 062154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01670078
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 OFP · ICAO KOFP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Hanover
- Elevation
- 207 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- January to December, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,402 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 82 ft high 1,644 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 98 ft high 3,315 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.4 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 118.2 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 001 to 185 | 126.4 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 186 to 360 | 126.75 | |
| Ofp and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.025 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 804-752-2902.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 36,165, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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 Richmond/Ashland from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Richmond/Ashland, VA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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 runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Noise sensitive area south of airport.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 34 pref runway with wind less than 5 KT.
- Aircraft on approach to kric runway 16 xng ovr 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.