KCHO — Charlottesville-Albemarle
Charlottesville, VA · field elevation 640 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KCHO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCHO 100553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/02 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP189 T00670022 10156 20067 53004
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 7 °C / dewpoint 2 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- -418 ft · pressure altitude 460 ft
- Observed
- 34 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KCHO 100521Z 1006/1106 20003KT P6SM SKC FM101400 20007KT P6SM SKC FM102200 00000KT P6SM SKC
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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
- 1149Z / 2206Z
- 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
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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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.