# Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO / KCHO)

**Charlottesville Albemarle Airport** (IATA: CHO, ICAO: KCHO) is a medium airport in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It has one runway, 6,801 ft (2,073 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 706 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcho

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CHO / KCHO
- FAA: CHO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Elevation: 640 ft / 195 m
- Coordinates: 38.1386, -78.4529
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,801 ft / 2,073 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 706,263 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.gocho.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottesville%E2%80%93Albemarle_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1837643
- Weather station: KCHO
- Ident: KCHO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 6,801 ft / 2,073 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00765AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 493,506 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 548,730 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 591,218 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 666,884 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 702,696 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 772,693 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 265,492 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 428,380 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 523,764 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 617,412 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 699,159 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 706,263 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 245 mi / 394 km · American Eagle
- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 305 mi / 491 km · American Eagle
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 565 mi / 910 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CHO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 706K (2025) | #960 of 3,974 | #233 in North America | #163 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,801 ft / 2,073 m | =3,681 of 29,858 | =903 in North America | =687 in US |
| Elevation | 640 ft / 195 m | =24,592 of 43,403 | =11,802 in North America | =9,823 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | POTOMAC APP/DEP | 132.850 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.425 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.425 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kshd.md) Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [MNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khef.md) Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field · 65 mi / 104 km
- [NYG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knyg.md) Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field · 67 mi / 108 km
- [LYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klyh.md) Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · 69 mi / 112 km
- [RIC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kric.md) Richmond International Airport · 76 mi / 122 km
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · 77 mi / 125 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlottesville–Albemarle_Airport&oldid=1369235835), revision of 13 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcho/data