KCHO — Charlottesville-Albemarle
Charlottesville, VA · field elevation 640 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KCHO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCHO 252353Z 32004KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01670033 10244 20167 $
- Wind
- from 320° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 3 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 857 ft · pressure altitude 530 ft
- Observed
- 6 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 320° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | 2 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 21 | 2 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 27,000–30,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KCHO 252347Z 2600/2624 33007KT P6SM BKN250 FM261200 36011KT P6SM BKN250 FM261500 36014G21KT P6SM FEW250 FM262300 35008KT P6SM FEW100 SCT200
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 38.13964, -78.45234
- Elevation
- 640 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1104Z / 2306Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 8°W (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Washington
- County
- Albemarle, VA
Airport diagram
Everything else KCHO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,801 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 118.425
- Tower 0600-2300
- 124.5
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 124.5
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 120.525
- Approach
- 132.85
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KOMH Orange County20 nm
- KSHD Shenandoah Valley Rgnl22 nm
- KLKU Louisa County/Freeman Fld24 nm
- KVBW Bridgewater Air Park27 nm
- KLUA Luray Caverns32 nm
- KCJR Culpeper Rgnl36 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCHO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Virginia airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.