KCHO · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

639

Elevation ft

Runway

6,801

Longest ft · 03/21

38.14N

78.45W

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport serves Charlottesville, Virginia at 639 ft elevation with its longest runway, 03/21, at 6,801 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
03/21	6,801 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 639 ft is about 14°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)	639 ft	2,563 ft	2,177 ft	3,266 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,839 ft	2,797 ft	2,304 ft	3,456 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,039 ft	3,031 ft	2,431 ft	3,646 ft
35°C afternoon	3,192 ft	3,061 ft	2,447 ft	3,670 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (03/21, 6,801 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,670 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KCHO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSHD Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport	22 nm W	6,002 ft
KCJR Culpeper Regional Airport	36 nm NE	5,000 ft
KRMN Stafford Regional Airport	50 nm E	6,000 ft
KOFP Hanover County Municipal Airport	55 nm SE	5,402 ft
KHEF Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field	56 nm NE	6,200 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCHO

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KCHO, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KCHO or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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